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Coinzguy Valued Member United States 153 Posts	Posted 06/12/2019 10:12 pm Any help with identification on this one? Diameter: 20mm Mass: 4.21g * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

OneDollarMule Valued Member Australia 338 Posts	Posted 06/12/2019 10:22 pm Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Kandy Kings. Obv: Stylized figure of deity, referred to as the "Octopus Man". Rev: Figure of the King of Kandy (Ceylon) ; inscription in Tamil :) Edited by OneDollarMule 06/12/2019 10:23 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34413 Posts	Posted 06/13/2019 8:12 pm @CG, I am far from an expert on attributing Octopus Man coins, but in looking at my Lapa, this coin seems to have been issued by Queen Sri Raja Lilavati around the start of the 13th Century AD. Hopefully someone else more knowledgeable can weigh in with a little more certainty. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 06/14/2019 03:30 am Spence is spot on with his ID.... Interestingly this Queen reigned 3 times.. AD 1127-1200 / 1209-1210 / 1211-1212. The differences in the script form being the identifier.. I've used one of my examples below which is a 1st reign coin to show the slight difference in the legend..Yours seems to be the slightly rarer 2nd reign coin with different 'ja' and 'Li' script... Nice coin! Report this Post to the Staff
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