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below the surface of the ground, while a well was in course 

 of excavation. With Mr. Massie's permission, I am able to add 

 descriptions of five of these coins, as I suppose them to be, two of 

 which he has been good enough to give me. Four others were 

 sent by him to the Museum last year ; but owing to Mr. Haly's 

 absence from the Island, it is not known where they are deposited, 

 and I have thus been unable to see them. I also add a description 

 of two fragments of similar plaques obtained by me in the Southern 

 Province, and said to have been found at Sittrawila, a village 

 two miles from Tissa, at the presumed Duratissa tank, at which a 

 doubtful tradition states that Dutthagamini settled some of the 

 work-people employed in erecting buildings at Magama. 



Mulleittivu Coins. 



(1) Oblong copper coin, 1*17 inch long, '65 inch wide, weigh- 

 ing 56 grains. 



Obverse. Full-length stauding figure of a man, facing front, 

 the legs apart for more than the thickness of one, feet turned half- 

 outwards. Over the head runs the usual semicircular line (? the 

 royal umbrella), which appears to rest on javelin-like weapons, 

 standing upright at the margin. That on the right can be seen to 

 have a head with two points, like the head of a trident with 

 middle prong omitted ; on the left, the upright shaft can alone be 

 distinguished. This last one is apparently grasped near the 

 middle by the right hand, and perhaps the left hand grasps the 

 other. There is something below the arms, near the legs, which 

 cannot be clearly distinguished. The king appears to be clothed 

 to mid-thighs in a tunic ; and he wears bangles on his wrists and 

 anklets above his feet. On eaeh side of the neck, above the 

 'shoulders, is a raised bead. There is no border. The design is 

 stamped and not cut ; it is not iu true relief, the background 

 being merely sunk. 



lie verse. —-In opposite direction to obverse. The royal mono- 

 gram, as usual, designed with broad, well-raised lines. The up- 

 right lines at the base are all of the same height, and shorter than 

 in Magama coins. In the space to left, under the swastika, there 

 is a narrow-mouthed vase, with a base on which to rest, and a 

 nearly flat top to the body. Out of the mouth grows a Bo-tree, 

 consisting of an upright stem and two alternate horizontal 

 branches, each terminated by a leaf. In the space to right, 

 arranged vertically, the sitting humped bull, facing the swastika. 

 No border. In coll., H. Parker. 



(2) Oblong copper coin (fragment) ; average length 1*02 in., 

 width -64, weight 51 grains. 



