Vietnamese coin – HCR58904

Obverse

Inscription:

治平聖寶

Design:

Regular script, 寶 in Li script, with angular shoulders and long arms; right arm of 寶 kinked, longer than left; centre hole left uncleared.

Reverse

Inscription:

None

Design:

Flat, without rims

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)

2.29

Diameter (mm)

21.9

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

5/2/1902

Source

James Tregaskis

Acquisition credit

Purchased from James Tregaskis, 1902.

Transliteration (obverse)

Trị Binh Thánh Bảo

Reference

Hartill GCC : Page 145, cf Figures 2.833-2.835

Note:

With its long-arm 寶 with sharply angles shoulders and its 治 with the 氵shuǐ (water) radical having its lowest stroke short rather than cursively elongated, HCR 58904 does not conform exactly with any examples of illustrated by Hartill (GCC) or by Thierry (CMV, CMVS). A search on Zeno – Oriental Coins Database (https://www.zeno.ru/search.php?searchid=481623&cpage=2) , accessed 8 March 2021, shows several Trị Binh Thánh Bảo coins, but again none of them with this combination of characteristics. HCR 58904 therefore appears to be another unrecorded variety. The reverse is flat. The pale alloy may be of bronze or brass. No putative dating is currently available for this coin. 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