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Lot No.648
eAUC36
Foreign Coins
Auction Date: 26-09-2020
Copper
Sri Lanka, Kotte period, copper massa of king Parakrama Bahu VI (1415-1468), Codrington 'Ceylon Coins', p. 78, 2.86g. Obv: Stylized design of king standing with a lamp in right hand and hand a small ball in left. To right, a lion seated and facing right with left foreleg uplifted. Rev: Stylized seated man, Nagari legend to right Sri Pa ra kra ma Ba hu in four lines.
Very fine, Extremely rare.
Parakrama Bahu VI (1412-1468) is said to have been the son of Vijaya Bahu VI, and his queen Sunetra Devi of the Kalinga race. He came to the throne in 1412 in Rayigampura and was inaugurated after a move to Kotte in 1415. A principal event in his reign was the reconquest of Jaffna in Northern Lanka, which had become an independent state after the invasion by Arya Chakravarti, a minister of Pandayan king Kulasekhara (A.D. 1268-1308). His coins are extremely rare.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 5,000-7,000
Sold For :
Rs. 6,500
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