Lot 3770

Sale 88 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes, Dr John Chapman Collection

Description

China, Tang Dynasty (618-907), Period up to Yi Zong, (860-874), cash with inscription reads "Gao Chang Ji Li" (Gaochang Auspicious Profit), rev. plain, diameter 27mm, 6.1 grams. (Sch. -, Hartill 14.136, TFP 1819). Good fine and rare.

Said to have been cast by the Western Turkish Gaochang state of the Turfan region in the early Tang period.

Estimate
$400
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$0

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