Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . kse, jl ^ -Uain/. ran- with inivg-lno written aside. Oi J]tning-tao, see above, 165. Rhversh, plain. (1672) Obvekse and Reverse of the same si/.e, without legend, marks. Belongs also to the same period. 848 FORMEU HAX DYNASTY. VIII. ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY {continued). IV. HENG HIAO WEN-TI in ^ ^ ^^ 179— Years, 179— (First) Nieu-hao : Bou-yncn % 103—157. In his fifth year, 175, Heng Hiao Wen-Ti, in order to eradicatethe counterfeit money, brought into circul
Catalogue of Chinese coins from the VIIth centBC., to AD621including the series in the Britis Museum . kse, jl ^ -Uain/. ran- with inivg-lno written aside. Oi J]tning-tao, see above, 165. Rhversh, plain. (1672) Obvekse and Reverse of the same si/.e, without legend, marks. Belongs also to the same period. 848 FORMEU HAX DYNASTY. VIII. ANCIENT ROUND-MONEY {continued). IV. HENG HIAO WEN-TI in ^ ^ ^^ 179— Years, 179— (First) Nieu-hao : Bou-yncn % 103—157. In his fifth year, 175, Heng Hiao Wen-Ti, in order to eradicatethe counterfeit money, brought into circulation pieces of four ichu onlyin weight, with the same former legend and value of Fan-liang, halfan ounce. Henceforth names were adopted for year-periods, and theseyear-names, or Nien-hao ^ §;^ , were used in the dating of any event,sometimes without reference to the title of the living ruler, whose per-sonal name was always sacred, and carefully avoided. Until the Mingdynasty, the Nien-hao was usually changed several times during thesame reign, with the occurrence of important events. -Hang. Pa-nHalf an ounce. JE. Size 10. Wt. pattern belongs to the Shih-t::e type, on which see p. 312. Reveiise. Plain, without marksor rims. ANCIENT KOUND-MONKY. 31 257. Obverse. -Hang. Van- Ekveksi;. riain. Nearly similar to 256, with larger central hole. .K. Smne size. \Vt. 50. 258, 259, 260. Obverse. -Hang, ran- Heverse. Plain. Nearly similar to 256, smaller, with central hole of average size. /E. Sizo 0-!): 258, 10. 259, ,0. 260, GO. 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296. Obverse. -Hang. Fun- Reveksk. Plain. Nearly similar to 258, but smaller in size. The differences in the forms of thecharacters are unimportant. .*;. Size Weight: 30. 297. Obverse. -Hang. Pan- Same legend as above. A stroke upwards to theright o
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