1/8 Massa - Dharmasoka

Minted during the reign of Dharmasoka, whose rule lasted a single year before he was deposed — one of several rapid successions that destabilized the Polonnaruwa kingdom in its terminal decades. By the early 13th century, the once-dominant Sinhalese kingdom was fragmenting under sustained pressure from South Indian invasions, and these fractional copper issues circulated in what was already a contracting political geography. The brevity of the reign keeps surviving examples scarce in any attributed form.