Great peace five zhu : Tai he wu zhu.
Northern Dynasties : Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 386-534).
Casting era : AD 495 - The end is unknown.
Emperor : Xiao wen di, Tuo ba Hong (in the year AD 495).
O : Chinese character inscription : Tai he wu zhu.
From observer's point of view, up : Tai (= great), down : he (= peace),
right : wu (= five), left : zhu (= an ancient Chinese unit of weight).
Hemming line in the outside only.
R : Hemming line.
2.8g.
D-22.5mm.
G.
Sold.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
E-mail : ge6128@i.bekkoame.ne.jp