Vietnamese coin – HCR58928

Obverse

Inscription:

紹豐平寶

Design:

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

Reverse

Inscription:

None

Design:

Plain, with indistinct inner and outer rims

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)

2.08

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1955

Source

V & A

Acquisition credit

Presented by the Victorian and Albert Museum, 1955.

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 (Fig. 2.854) has a narrower outer rim and HCR 58928 is of this type.

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mritchie