Vietnamese coin – HCR58833

Obverse

Inscription:

天符元寶

Design:

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

Reverse

Inscription:

None

Design:

Plain, flat, smooth (worn?)

Information

Period

Vietnamese

Denomination

1 Đồng (tiền gián)

Material

bronze

Technique

cast

Dating

1350 – 1400

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.75

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

Christopher Thomas Gardner (1842-1914) collection

Acquisition date

29/10/1947

Source

Captain Roger Laird

Acquisition credit

Presented by Captain Roger Laird, 1947.

Transliteration (obverse)

Thiên Phù nguyên bảo

Reference

Thierry CMV : Page 41, Figure 191

Note:

Thierry (CMV, Page 41) regards this as a private issue dating from the second half of the 14th century. Thierry (CMV, Page 41) regards this as a private issue dating from the second half of the 14th century. The basis for Thierry’s attribution of this type to the 14th century is the evolutionary stage reached in the development of the characteristically Vietnamese seal script form of 元 in this and related coins.

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