Small fountain deserves one : Xiao quan zhi yi.
Xin Dynasty (AD 8-23).
Casting era : AD 9-14.
Emperor : Wang Mang.
O : Chinese character inscription : Xiao quan zhi yi.
From observer's point of view, up : Xiao (= small), down : quan (= fountain.
This character means also "coin". Double meaning.), right : zhi
(= deserve), left : yi (= one). Therefore this inscription means that this
small fountain coin deserves one zhu. "Zhu" is an ancient Chinese
unit of weight, about 0.67g. Hemming line.
R : Hemming line.
1.8g.
D-14.5mm.
F. Thick and heavy type.
Sold.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
E-mail : ge6128@i.bekkoame.ne.jp