World Silver & Bronze Coins
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Lot 2041 SESSION 7 (11.30am Wednesday 22 July) World Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $250
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SOLD $250
CHINA, Three Kingdoms, Kingdom of Wu, (A.D. 223-280), round cash with square hole, value five thousand cash, obv."Da Quan Wu Qian" (Large Coin five thousand), four characters around, diameter 37 mm, early type issues (Hartill 11.36, Sch. 195, TFP 539]. Heavily encrusted with oxidation, about fine and very rare.
Hartill notes that six specimens are known with four recently unearthed in Jiangsu.
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