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1 Massa - Parākramabāhu VI
| Issuer | Kotte, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1412-1467 |
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| Currency | Massa (-1500) |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered copper flan bearing a Sinhalese inscription in the field arranged across multiple registers. The legend, rendered in archaic Sinhalese script, reads 'Sri Parakramabahu', referencing the regnal title of the issuing monarch. The overall design is characteristic of medieval Sri Lankan coinage, with deeply struck but irregularly formed characters occupying the entire face of the coin. The field shows typical patination and surface granularity consistent with hammered copper issues of the Kotte period. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a similar arrangement of archaic Sinhalese script characters distributed across the coin's surface in a style consistent with the obverse. The inscription again renders the royal name and title 'Sri Parakramabahu' in multiple horizontal registers. The hammered flan exhibits an irregular outline with flat relief typical of medieval Kotte Kingdom copper coinage. The surface displays natural verdigris patination and minor die-shift characteristic of hand-struck issues of the fifteenth century. |
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| Reverse lettering | ශ්රී පරාක්රමබාහු |
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