1284 - 1410 - Setu Type I(2) - Jaffna
Arya Chakravartis Copper masaka
Traditional design of Lanka standing King Type copper masaka of the Jaffna
Arya Chakravartis circ 1284-1410, of Codrington SETU type I(2) with
bull couchant vertically.
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Denomination | One masaka |
| Alloy | Copper |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 20.2 mm |
| Thickness | 2.0 mm |
| Weight | 3.73 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Plain |
| DieAxis | 90° |
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| Codrington 89 ;Mitchiner #862
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Obverse : Standing king with crown consisting two lines and a dot,
trident on left under raised right arm.
On right (near bottom edge 5 O'clock) a small bull couchant vertically with a filled circle before it.
Above a group of spheres, surmounted by crescent. All in bead circle.
Reverse : Coarse Seated king on left facing right with Tamil legend
SETU vertically below his arm.
See also similar SETU
type I(3) coin.
Text edited from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency: H. W. Codrington, Colombo, 1924.
Chapter VI Medieval Lanka - "Setu" Coins - Type I(1), Page 75
* Oriental Coins: Michael Mitchiner, London, Hawkins Publications, 1978.
The coin was scanned at 600dpi and displayed at 300dpi.
It is from part of Lalith Raddella's collection I purchased in 2016 December.