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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Asian Coins| ▸ |Sri Lanka||View Options:   | | | Sri Lanka is a small island nation around 31 km from south of India. According to Pliny, Annius Plocamus a Roman freedman, visited Sri Lanka in the first century A.D. Sri Lanka responded, sending a delegation to Rome during the reign of the Claudius, A.D. 41 - 54 (N.H. VI.23.84). Another Roman named Sopatros, traveled to Sri Lanka, probably in the fifth century A.D. (Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography XI.17-19). The ancient port of Mantota may have been an important port of call between China and Rome. |
This type has been found inside the platform and below the pavement level of the Jetavanaramaya built by King Mahasenhas and has been conclusively dated it to his reign. Mahasena (or Mahasen) initiated construction of the large tanks (reservoirs) in Sri Lanka, completing sixteen of them. After the construction of the Minneriya tank, he was worshiped as Minneri Deviyo (God of Minneriya). Mahasen discriminated against Theravada Buddhists and destroyed several temples including Mahavihara, the main Theravada temple, before his chief minister convinced him the policy was a mistake.
The Asiatic lion is symbolic for the Sinhalese, Sri Lanka's ethnic majority; the term derived from Sinhala, meaning the "lion people" or "people with lion blood."WA67142. Bronze AE 16, Codrington p. 25 and pl. II, 19; Mitchiner ACW -, VF, rough, weight 1.332 g, maximum diameter 15.7 mm, obverse maneless lion standing right, within linear border; reverse four pellets in a cross arrangement, within linear border; very rare; SOLD
Sri Lanka (Ceylon), c. 4th - 5th Century A.D., Indo-Roman Imitative
Sri Lanka is a small island nation around 31 km from south of India. Annius Plocamus, a Roman freedman, visited the island, spurring Sri Lanka to send a delegation to Rome during the reign of Claudius. A Roman named Sopatros traveled to Sri Lanka, probably in the 5th century. The ancient port of Mantota may have been an important port of call between China and Rome.RL92070. Bronze AE 12, Indo-Roman imitative, F, crude, typical careless uneven strike, weight 0.070 g, maximum diameter 12.1 mm, Mantota(?) mint, c. 4th - 5th century A.D.; obverse head right(?), pseudo-legend around; reverse star with pellet in annulet at center of swirling rays; ex Ancient Imports (Marc Breitsprecher); SOLD
Sri Lanka (Ceylon), c. 4th - 5th Century A.D., Indo-Roman Imitative
Sri Lanka is a small island nation around 31 km from south of India. Annius Plocamus, a Roman freedman, visited the island, spurring Sri Lanka to send a delegation to Rome during the reign of Claudius. A Roman named Sopatros traveled to Sri Lanka, probably in the 5th century. The ancient port of Mantota may have been an important port of call between China and Rome.BB13750. Bronze AE 16, Indo-Roman imitative, F, typical flat strike, weight 1.351 g, maximum diameter 16.4 mm, obverse bust right, pseudo-legend around (dots); reverse uncertain; SOLD
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