Vietnamese coin – HCR58967

Obverse

Inscription:

聖宋元寳 (read clockwise)

Design:

Seal script, apart from 寳 in regular script

Reverse

Inscription:

None

Design:

Plain, with broad raised inner and outer rims

Information

Period

Vietnamese

Denomination

1 Đồng (tiền gián)

Material

brass

Technique

cast

Dating

uncertain

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.7

Diameter (mm)

23.2

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)

Thánh Tống Nguyên Bảo / Sheng Song Yuan Bao

Reference

Hartill GCC : Page 112, cf Figure 2.246

Note:

HCR 58967 is an unofficial copy of a seal script Sheng Song Yuan Bao coin of Emperor Hui Zong (1101-1125) (cf Hartill CCC, p. 148, Figs 16.354-360). It has the appearance of brass, but with a greyish tinge and is written in Seal script, apart from the 寳 in Regulari script. Hartill (CMV, p. 112, Fig. 2.245-2.246) illustrates two similar coins which he assigns to his category of ‘Large Copper – Resembling Song Dynasty Chinese Coins’. However HCR 58967 has a slightly different combination of character styles, with the 寳 in regular script rather than seal script.

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, mritchie, cgallacher