Vietnamese coin – HCR35813

Obverse

Inscription:

佛法僧寳

Design:

寳 in 'lishu' script, remaining characters in seal script

Reverse

Inscription:

Plain

Design:

Strongly raised rims

Information

Period

Vietnamese

Denomination

1 Đồng (一銅)

Material

bronze

Technique

cast

Dating

1540–73

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.71

Diameter (mm)

24.2

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

Kutsuki Masatsuna

Acquisition date

10/5/1922

Source

Indian Institute, Oxford

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Indian Institute, Oxford, 1922; to them, gifted/bequeathed by Howell Wills.

Transliteration (obverse)

Phật Pháp Tăng Bảo. .

Reference

Thierry 2007 : Thierry, François – 2007- A propos des monnaies vietnamiennes Phat Pháp Tăng bảo. Cahiers d'études vietnamiennes, Numéro 19: 5-18.

Note:

Phật Pháp Tăng Bảo. This coin is overtly Buddhist because it uses the three words that comprise the Buddhist phrase “Three Treasures” (三宝). Those three words are the Buddha (Phật/佛), the Dharma (or law) Pháp/法) and the Sangha (or community) Tăng/僧). Thierry suggests this coin was probably produced by a large Buddhist monastery.

Reference

Greenbaum 2013a :

Contributors to this coin record

mritchie, cgallacher