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Can anyone help me identify this coin.


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  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Possibly India. There are people here who will know.

  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillDugan1959 said:
    Possibly India. There are people here who will know.

    Chola dynasty of southern India ca. 1100-1200AD.

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  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 10, 2018 4:34PM

    @Cibao said:
    Can anyone help me identify this coin.


    Thank you.

    @WillieBoyd2 posted on the other forum and may post here, too.

  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 10, 2018 5:15PM

    Ceylon (Sri Lanka) copper Kings of Kandy massa coin of 12th or 13th century AD.

    I have one like it:
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    Ceylon Massa Copper, 19 mm, 4.16 gm

    The king's name is on the second picture lower right.
    I still believe it is a Kandy coin but it is hard to identify the king's name.

    :)

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,624 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So the ole coinoscope app nailed it as Ceylon, 1 Massa - Vijayabahu IV, 1271-1273. Peace Roy

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