(sold for $8.0)

1200-1202, Sri Lanka/Ceylon, Sahasa Malla. Beautiful Bronze Kahavanu Coin.

Mint Period: 1200-1202
Reference: Mitchiner 840-841. 
Denomination: Bronze Kahavanu
Condition: A nice XF-AU with greenish deposits (verdigris) in fields!
Material: Bronze
Diameter: 20mm
Weight: 4.31gm

Obverse: Seated King beneath legend in right field.
Legend: "Srima Sahasa Malla."

Reverse: Standing king with ancillary symbols.

Sahassa Malla (also  known as "The lion hearted king") was King of Polonnaruwa in the  thirteenth century, who ruled from 1200 to 1202. He succeeded Lilavati  as king of Polonnaruwa, who was removed from the throne by her  co-Ministers. He was deposed by General Ayasmantha and succeeded by  Kalyanavati. He was the younger brother of Nissanka Malla.

 The Kingdom of Polonnaruwa  (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව රාජධානිය, romanized: Polonnaruwa Rājādhaniya) was the Sinhalese kingdom that expanded across the island of Sri Lanka and several overseas territories, from 1070 until 1232. The kingdom started expanding its overseas authority during the reign of Parakramabahu the Great.