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ELEPHANT COINS FROM SRI LANKA (CEYLON)Kavan Ratnatunga writes: I am sad to read an article on Elephants on Ancient Coins which did not mention Ceylon. If there is an unknown coin or token with an Elephant, eBay dealers seem to always attribute it to Ceylon. So I thought I will contribute my web page on Elephants on Coins from Sri Lanka, and in particular the Anuradhapura Elephant and Svastika coin.
Kavan is reacting to the CoinWeek article by Mike Markowitz about Elephants on Ancient Coins. Links to Kavan's web pages are below, along with short excerpts from each. Thanks!
-Editor
The Western Gangas Elephant Pagoda 
The Western Gangas Elephant ( Gajapati ) Pagoda circulated in Lanka as is evidenced by a hoard of 179 discovered in 1922 at Allaippiddi in the Jaffna district. To read the complete article, see: Two Millennium of Elephant on Coins from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (coins.lakdiva.org/elephants.html) Elephant and Svastika 
The circular Elephant and Svastika coins were mainly found at the Abhayagiri Dagoba in Anuradhapura. It is the Classic and largest of the ancient coins which is uniquely from Lanka. It is the equivalent of the Greek Athenian Owl tetradrachm for Lankan Numismatics. These coins found in Anuradhapura are thin and Struck with fine detail. Recent finds at Akurugoda near Tissmaharama in south west Lanka. thick and rough cast coins. To read the complete article, see: Century 3rd BC to 1st AD - Lanka Anuradhapura - Elephant and Svastika (coins.lakdiva.org/ancient/elephant_svastika_struck.html) To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: ELEPHANTS ON ANCIENT COINS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n24a20.html) THE BOOK BAZARREWayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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