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These coins known as 'Parakramabahu lion type' are found in large numbers in the northern and western parts of Sri Lanka. The king is Parakramabahu VI of [[Kotte]]. Although some writers have suggested that the lion represents [[Sinhalese people|Sinhala]] dominance over the Jaffna kingdom others have pointed out that the lion is stylistically Tamilian and unmistakably so. There is no evidence that king Parakramabahu VI has ever claimed to be a [[Sinhalese]]. His Kotte fortress is described in literature as adorned with tiger faces (puli mukham) and his daughter was married to the Tamil prince Nallurutun.
As illustrated above the lion symbol was used on Jaffna coins by [[Pallava]] rulers as well. The lion on the [[Rajadhiraja Chola II]] is very simillar to the lion on the present [[
==The Dutch period==
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