Vietnamese coin – HCR58388

Obverse

Inscription:

盛德通寶

Reverse

Inscription:

plain

Information

Period

Vietnamese

Dynasty

Later Lê Restored (後黎)

Reign

Lê Thần Tông, Thịnh Đức (盛德)

Person

Lê Duy Kỳ, 1620–1643; 1649–1662 (ruler/authority)

Denomination

1 Đồng (一銅)

Material

bronze

Technique

cast

Dating

1653-1658

Note

This coin is the only known example of its type

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.35

Diameter (mm)

22.4

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)

Thịnh Đức Thông Bảo

Condition

Small hole below central hole, to right of lower character, Đức

Reference

Barker : Page 339, cf Figure (2)

Note:

This coin may well be unique. Barker shows a rubbing from Ding Fu Bao. However the style of each character in this coin is quite different from that of the coin from which the rubbing was taken.

Reference

Thierry 2012a : Pages 39-41, Figure 6

This specimen

Yes

Reference

Thierry 2012b : Revue Belge de Numismatique. CLVIII – 2012: 279-295. Figure 1.

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mritchie, cgallacher