Vietnamese coin – HCR58830

Obverse

Inscription:

天符元寶

Design:

Seal script 元 and 寶, large size, wide outer rim

Reverse

Inscription:

None

Design:

Plain, almost flat

Information

Period

Vietnamese

Denomination

1 Đồng (一銅)

Material

bronze

Technique

cast

Dating

1350 - 1400

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.74

Diameter (mm)

24.7

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)

Thiên Phù nguyên bảo

Reference

Thierry CMV : Page 41, Plate 2, Figure 191

Note:

Thierry (CMV, Page 41) regards this as a private issue dating from the second half of the 14th century. However it should be noted that this example is substantially larger and heavier than the specimen figured by Thierry.

Reference

Thierry CMVS : Page 48, # 118 [not figured here, but the same coin as in CMV, Figure 191.]

Note:

Thierry (CMVS, Page 48) describes this inscription as a hybrid between two Chinese inscriptions: a Tian Sheng yuan bao and a Xiang Fu yuan bao.

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mritchie, cgallacher