SE-1

Sword coin with three Chinese characters : Qi da huo.
Warring states period (475-221.BC).
Qi kingdom.
Casting era : The year when Jiang family went out of power and Tian family took office in Qi kingdom (386.BC) - The year of fall of Qi kingdom (221.BC).
O : Chinese character inscription : Qi da huo.
From the tip to the handle, Qi (This word means name of the capital city of Qi kingdom, that is, Lin zi or Qi castle. But this word does't mean name of Qi kingdom itself.), da (= big. Other theory says that this character should be read "legal".), huo (= coin). Therefore this inscription means "Qi castle big coin".
R : Chinese character inscription : Gong (= work).
48.0g
176mm x 29mm.
EF.
Comes with wood case.
Sold.


SE-2

Explanation is the same as above. But,
R : One circle.
44.6g.
180mm x 29mm.
F.
Sold.



Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
E-mail : ge6128@i.bekkoame.ne.jp