File:Liang Liang (兩兩) - Ban Liang cash coin with the wrong inscription - Scott Semans.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionLiang Liang (兩兩) - Ban Liang cash coin with the wrong inscription - Scott Semans.jpg |
English: BAN LIANG ca. 350 - 119 BC
This is an image of an "Elm seed" (榆荚) Ban Liang cash coin. During the transition from the Qin to the Han dynasties, a very few extremely small ban liang coins were produced. These "transitional" ban liang cash coins with the inscription in seal script, appears to have a large lead content and is the smallest ban liang coin Gary has ever seen. The actual diameter is only 5 mm and the weight is a mere 0.12 gram! Han Dynasty "elm seed" ban liang Additionally, during the early Han (200-180 BC), the rich and powerful were ordered to privately cast ban liang coins. These coins tended to be very small and light. Some were as small as 10 mm and weighing only about 0.4 gram. Because of their diminutive size and weight, they are referred to as "elm seed" (yu jia 榆荚) ban liang. An example of an elm seed ban liang is shown here. H 7 . 4 Ban liang Warring States, 378-336 BC, thick "12 shu" 31.3mm, 10.632g FD-nl, S83, HG147/3 F+ H 7 . 6 Ban liang Warring States, Emp. Shen Ching Wang, 336 BC, large "12 shu" with high-relief writing, type ranges 5.4-8gm 36.1mm, 7.583g FD385, S79, HG148/1 VF+ H 7 . 7M Ban liang Charm Qin Dynasty (300-200 BC) Banliang with four triangles above and below, hand-altered in antiquity as a charm. 29.1 mm, 4.408 g FD385, S79, HG148/1 VF+ H 7 . 10b Chicken Eye Banliang Western Han, 202BC - 7AD Small private piece, 200-179BC Large flan with relatively small hole. 16mm, 0.72g FD411, S86, HG160/2 F H 7 . 11a Chicken Eye Banliang Western Han, 202BC - 7AD Small private piece, 200-179BC Small piece with large hole. Samples shown. 13-15.5mm FD411, S86, HG160/2 F H 7 . 11b Chicken Eye Banliang Western Han, 202BC - 7AD Small private piece, 200-179BC Small piece with small hole. Samples shown. 13-15.5mm FD411, S86, HG160/2 F H 7 . 31 Liang Pan Reversed inscription, small thick characters. 23.8mm, 2.673g F+ H 7 . 31b Liang Pan Reversed inscription, large thin characters. 23.4mm, 2.315g FH 7 . 33 Liang Liang Thin coin with one character upside down. Ding states these coins were issued from BC182; Huaguangpu 149/3 listed as ChÕun ChÕiu period during the Eastern Zhou has a smaller hole. 23.2mm, 0.502g FD419, S-nl, HG149/3 crude Vg-F. |
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Source | China: Cast Coinage: Archive (CoinCoin.com). |
Author | Scott Semans |
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