Vietnamese coin – HCR58902

Obverse

Inscription:

治平聖寶

Design:

Seal script 寶, with angular shoulders and arms of mid-length, upper and lower components of 寶 misaligned, 貝(bei) radical of 寶 (bao) oval.

Reverse

Inscription:

None

Design:

Plain, flat but uneven

Information

Period

Vietnamese

Denomination

1 Đồng (tiền gián)

Material

bronze

Technique

cast

Dating

c. 1540 - c. 1900

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.83

Diameter (mm)

22.6

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)

Trị Binh Thánh Bảo

Reference

Hartill GCC : Page 145, Figures 2.833-2.835

Note:

Hartill (GCC, p. 145) illustrates three long-armed bao types with the legend Trị Binh Thánh Bảo. None of them has this combination of characteristics: seal script 寶, with angular shoulders and arms of mid-length, upper and lower components of 寶 misaligned, 貝(bei) radical of 寶 (bao) oval. A search on Zeno – Oriental Coins Database (https://www.zeno.ru/search.php?searchid=481623&cpage=2 ) , accessed 8 March 2021, shows a substantial number of Trị Binh Thánh Bảo coins, but again none of them with this combination of characteristics. HCR 58902 is an unrecorded variety, made of brass and relatively large at 22.6 mm diameter. As with many versions of the ‘An Phap’ and related unattributed small private issues, it might date from any time within the period c. 1540 - c. 1900.

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mritchie, cgallacher