Vietnamese coin – HCR58918

Obverse

Inscription:

紹豐平寶

Design:

紹 in grass script, 寶 in Li script with long arms.

Reverse

Inscription:

None

Design:

Plain, flat but uneven

Information

Period

Vietnamese

Denomination

1 Đồng (tiền gián)

Material

bronze

Technique

cast

Dating

c. 1540 - c. 1590

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.71

Diameter (mm)

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.

holed

Transliteration (obverse)

Thiệu Phong Binh Bảo

Reference

Hartill GCC : Page 146, Figure 2.854

Note:

Hartill (GCC, p. 146) included two ‘long-arm’ Li script bảo type Thiệu Phong Binh Bảo coins among his category: ‘Small Copper – Distinct Calligraphy, Group 1. (“An Phap type”)’. One of these has a narrower outer rim and HCR 58918 matches it well.

Reference

Thierry CMV : Page 44, Figure 372

Note:

Thierry (CMV, p. 44, Figure 372) illustrates a large example (21.9 mm) of this coin type. Thierry dated these privately minted coins approximately to the 13th and 14th centuries.

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mritchie, cgallacher