Sri Lanka, Kotte, AV Fanam, c. 14th -16th cent.

Features

Issuer	Kingdom of Kotte (Sinhalese States)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1881
Value	1 fanam
Currency	Massa (-1500)
Composition	Silver
Weight	0.3 g
Diameter	8 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 32543
References	KM# 29 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Obverse

Stylized lion

Reverse

Stylized boar

Edge

Plain

Comments

Though the Viraraya fanams (KM#29 silver and KM#30 gold) are listed under Travancore, they were issued by various rulers in Ceylon (Rajas of Kandy) and along the Malabar coast in India. Various types were used all along the Malabar coast. They are found in Travancore because coins might have probably been used in trade. There is no documentation of these coins being issued by Travancore rulers.

Varieties with a dot and different shapes of crescent exist (see image)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1881)								$ 10.00				Malabar Era 1058

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