Usual peace five zhu : Chang ping wu zhu.
Northern Dynasties : Northern Qi Dynasty (AD 550-557).
Casting era : AD 553 - The year of fall of Northern Qi Dynasty (AD 577).
Emperor (in the year AD 553) : Wen xuan di, Gao Yang.
O : Chinese character inscription : Chang ping wu zhu.
From observer's point of view, up : Chang (= usual), down : ping (= peace),
right : wu (= five), left : zhu (= an ancient Chinese unit of weight, about
0.67g.). Hemming line in the outside only.
R : Hemming line.
3.8g.
D-24.0mm.
VF.
Sold.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
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