Cloth coin with a flat head and square legs : Zhai yang.
Warring states period (475-221.BC).
Casting era : The late years of this period.
Wei kingdom.
O : Chinese character inscription : Zhai yang.
From observer's point of view, right : Zhai (= house), left : yang (= bright).
Zhai yang is name of the city where this coin was made.
A region of Wei kingdom - present Yuan yang prefecture of He nan province
or Ying yang prefecture of He nan province.
R : Three long straight lines and hemming line.
5.8g.
45.5mm x 26.9mm.
F.
Sold.
Explanation is the same as above. But,
5.6g.
47.0mm x 28.2mm.
F.
Sold.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
E-mail : ge6128@i.bekkoame.ne.jp