Vietnamese coin – HCR58914

Obverse

Inscription:

祥符元寶

Design:

Regular script

Reverse

Inscription:

None

Design:

Plain, with broad raised inner and outer rims

Information

Period

Vietnamese

Denomination

1 Đồng (一銅)

Material

bronze

Technique

cast

Dating

c. 1725 – c. 1765

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.22

Diameter (mm)

24.3

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

5/2/1902

Source

James Tregaskis

Acquisition credit

Purchased from James Tregaskis, 1902.

holed

Transliteration (obverse)

Tường Phù Nguyên Bảo

Reference

Hartill GCC : Page 110, cf Figure 2.195

Note:

HCR 58914 appears to be a Tường Phù Nguyên Bảo, although the coin is crudely made and worn, such that the right-hand character is illegible. A similar large bronze coin (see Zeno #232853) https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=232853 has been attributed to the Nguyễn 阮 Lords in Đàng Trong, as a private issue of the time of Nguyễn Phúc Chú 阮福澍 (Ninh Vương 寧王 1725-1738) or Nguyễn Phúc Khoát 阮福闊 (Võ Vương 武王 1739-1765). See also Barker, pp. 204-205. Accordingly a provisional timescale of c. 1725 – c. 1765 has been assigned to this coin.

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mritchie