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AV Kahavanu - Vijaya Bahu I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Polonnaruwa (Sinhalese States) |
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| Year | 1055-1110 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Sinhalese/Devanagari |
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| Reverse description | King standing facing right in a stylized, frontal-leaning posture, holding a sankha (conch shell) in the raised hand, rendered in the schematic artistic tradition of Sinhalese kahavanu issues. Globular ornaments or pellets are arranged around the figure in the field, forming a decorative border. Sinhalese script legends appear in the field flanking the royal effigy. The design reflects the highly conventionalized iconographic tradition inherited from South Indian Chola gold coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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