Cloth coin with a flat head and bridge legs : Liang yi jin.
Warring states period (475-221.BC).
Wei Kingdom.
Casting era : The late years of this period. But before 339.BC.
Casting place : Liang, that is Da liang - present Kai feng city of He nan
province.
This coin was made in Da liang before king Hui transfered the capital city
from An yi to Da liang (339.BC).
Obverse : Chinese character inscription : Liang yi jin.
Liang means Da liang where this coin was made. yi (= one), jin (= an ancient
Chinese unit of weight). Upside-down inscription.
Reverse : Flat surface and no pattern.
13.4g.
55.9mm x 34.9mm.
VF.
Sold.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
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