Vietnamese coin – HCR58951

Obverse

Inscription:

咸平元寶

Design:

Li script long-arm 寶, 元 in regular script

Reverse

Inscription:

None

Design:

Plain, with indistinct shallow 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)

1.67

Diameter (mm)

21.8

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.

Transliteration (obverse)

Hàm Binh Nguyên Bảo

Reference

Hartill GCC : Page 146, Figure 2.867

Note:

Hartill (GCC, p. 146, Fig. 2.867) places this unattributed Vietnamese Hàm Binh Nguyên Bảo coin among his category: ‘Small Copper – Distinct Calligraphy, Group 1. (“An Phap type”)’. HCR 58951 belongs 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. Numerous examples and several stylistic variants can be seen on the Zeno database, many of them found in Indonesia.

Reference

Thierry CMVS : Page 45, Figure 94

Note:

Thierry (CMVS, p. 45, Fig. 94), illustrates (as a Xian Ping yuan bao) an example of this small private issue, as a copy of the official issue of the Northern Song Emperor, Zhen Zong (998-1022). Following his usual practice in CMVS, Thierry dated these privately minted coins very approximately, between the 11th and 16th centuries.

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mritchie, cgallacher