A GROUP OF FIVE BRONZE COINS

Lot 809
23.03.2023 08:30UTC -05:00
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$ 10 710
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Lot 809 | A GROUP OF FIVE BRONZE COINS
Valeur estimée
$ 1 500 – 2 000
A GROUP OF FIVE BRONZE COINS

XIN DYNASTY (AD 9-24) AND TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

The knife coin, Xin dynasty (AD 9-24), is inscribed on one side with an inscription that reads yi dao ping wu qian (one knife is worth five thousand), with the first two characters inlaid in gold on the circular ring and the other three characters cast on the ‘blade’. Each circular coin, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907), is cast on one side with four characters surrounding the square central aperture reading kai yuan tong bao (circulating treasure from the inauguration of a new epoch).

Knife coin: 3 in. (7.6 cm.) long, cloth box

Each circular coin: 1 in. (2.5 cm.) diam.





Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1997.

J. J. Lally & Co., New York, nos. 2514I and 2513B.
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