Cloth coin with a flat head and square legs : Ping yin.
Warring states period (475-221.BC).
Casting era : The late years of this period.
Yan kingdom.
O : Chinese character inscription : Ping yin.
From observer's point of view, right : Ping (= flat), left : yin (= behind).
Ping yin is name of the city where this coin was made.
A region of Yan kingdom - present Liao yang city of Liao ning province.
R : Flat surface and no pattern.
6.7g.
42.5mm x 28.5mm.
VF.
Sold.
Explanation is the same as above. But,
7.7g.
41.1mm x 26.6mm.
VF.
Sold.
Explanation is the same as above. But,
5.9g.
39.0mm x 26.8mm.
F.
Sold.
Explanation is the same as above. But,
4.5g.
39.0mm x 26.0mm.
F.
Sold.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
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