Lot 1761

Description

China, Post Western Han Dynasty and later dynasties (ca.1st to late 6th centuries A.D.), round cash with square hole, Wu Zhu type, "Jun Guo" (Wu Zhu), types with value five zhu, with additional four dots above and two on rev. (Coole 9637, cf.Hartill 10.20); another with character above (Coole 9681, cf.Sch.291); another with four characters (Coole 9470) and probably a modern copy; another State of Qin, cast by the Marquis of Wen Xin (father of Shi Huang Di) issued (250-220 B.C.) noted by Coole as a literary pass!, (Coole 10606, Hartill 6.29, TFP 2713) (illust.); another with legend "Liang Zi" (Coole notes as an issue of Liang Ch'iang 179-141 B.C.), diameter 32 mm, but with a variant of the character "Zi" (cf.Coole 10767, Hartill 6.30, 6.31, Sch.-, TFP 395-6, Pl.47), This example indicates some tooling in the field to make these characters and probably an ancient copy); another uncertain type unpublished? diameter 31mm, c. from period of Qin or later, (cf.Hartill 9.6 and 10.4 for reverse), (illust.), Very good - very fine, note above comments on several coins. (6)