Cutting sword five hundred : Qi dao wu bai.
Western Han Dynasty (206.BC-AD 8).
Xin Dynasty (AD 8-23).
Casting era : AD 7-9.
Emperor : Wang Mang.
O : Chinese character inscription : Qi dao wu bai.
From observer's point of view.
In the up circle, right : Qi (= cut or cutting wood), left : dao (= sword).
In the down square, up : wu (= five), down : bai (= hundred).
Therefor this inscription means that this cutting sword coin deserves five
hundred pieces of usual coins. A usual coin in this period is Wu zhu (five
zhu) coin. Hemming line.
R : Hemming line.
16.2g.
73.3mm x 28.0mm.
VF.
Sold.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
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