Vietnamese coin – HCR35814

Obverse

Inscription:

佛法僧寳

Design:

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

Reverse

Inscription:

plain

Design:

Strongly raised rims

Information

Period

Vietnamese

Denomination

1 Đồng (一銅)

Metal

bronze

Technique

cast

Dating

1540–73

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.77

Diameter (mm)

24.2

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

10/5/1922

Source

Kutsuki Masatsuna

Acquisition credit

Transfer from the Indian Institute, Oxford; Gifted by Howell Wills.

Transliteration (obverse)

Phật Pháp Tăng Bảo

Reference

Thierry 2007 : Page 13-16, Figure 13

Note:

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). This coin was probably produced by a large Buddhist monastery.

Reference

Greenbaum 2013a :

Contributors to this coin record

mritchie