Vietnamese coin – HCR58948

Obverse

Inscription:

漢元聖寶

Design:

Li script short-arm 寶, 元 in regular script

Reverse

Inscription:

None

Design:

Plain, flat, smooth

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)

1.38

Diameter (mm)

20.2

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)

Hán Nguyên Thánh Bảo

Reference

Hartill GCC : Page 146, Figure 2.872

Note:

Hartill (GCC, p. 146, Fig. 2.872) places this unattributed Vietnamese Hán Nguyên Thánh Bảo coin among his category: ‘Small Copper – Distinct Calligraphy, Group 1. (“An Phap type”)’. HCR 58948 belong to this variety. Hartill proposes (GCC, p. 143) that “An Phap type” coins were manufactured in North Vietnam under the Mạc between 1540 and 1590. This provisional dating has been followed here

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mritchie, cgallacher