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Naimana. . 



In 1887 or 1888 Mr. A. E. Buiiltjens found about 300 coins 

 in the possession of a villager, who had dug them up. Seven- 

 teen of these are in the Colombo Museum, and Mr. Buiiltjens 

 kindly sent me ten to examine. These are all hcnow possesses , 

 as the rest were taken by burglars. All of the coins are 

 imitation Roman. I have described them fully above. 



Tissamaharama . 



In the Colombo Museum there are four small Roman coins 

 found by Mr. Parker at Tissamaharama. They are not legible, 

 but clearly belong to the same period as the bulk of those 

 described. 



Batticaloa. 



In the Museum Catalogue five coins are mentioned as being 

 found at Batticaloa. Among them are the following : — 



Arcadius, No. 2. | Theodosius, No. 6. 



Anuradhapura. 



In the course of excavations at Anuradhapura Roman coins 

 have frequently been found in small quantities at a number 

 of different places, viz., Toluvila, Abhayagiri, Thuparama, 

 Selachaitiya, the Buddhist rail, Sanghamitta's tomb, &c. 

 Unfortunately nearly all the specimens are too much corroded 

 to be identified, though they are evidently of the same 

 period and type as the rest. One Theodosius, one Arcadius, 

 and two coins of the Naimana type are all that can be 

 identified. 



Mihintale. 



Some fifty or sixty Roman coins were found at Mihintale 

 some years ago. They are of the same type as the majority 

 of the rest, but are too corroded to admit of identification. 



Sigiriya. 



This is not one " find," but many. Apart from the several 

 heavy finds of coins made in digging the prison rock terrace 

 and the moated islands, Roman coins have been found singly, 



