Great peace hundred coins : Tai ping bai qian.
Three kingdoms period (AD 220-280).
Shu kingdom.
Casting era : As above.
Emperor of Shu kingdom : Liu Bei, Xuan De and Liu Chan.
O : Chinese character inscription : Tai ping bai qian.
From observer's point of view, up : Tai (= great), down : ping (= peace),
right : bai (= hundred), left : qian (= coins). Therefore this inscription
means that great peace, this coin deserves hundred pieces of usual coins.
A usual coin in this period is Wu zhu (five zhu) coin. Hemming line.
R : Hemming Line.
3.2g.
D-24.0mm.
F.
Sold.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
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