Item number: A2995

Year: AD 1454-1459

Material: Bronze

Size: 24.3 x 24.1 x 1.3 mm

Weight: 3.95 g

Provenance: Spink 2023

This coin was issued during the reign of Lê Nghi Dân, the fourth emperor of the Later Lê dynasty and the first to be deposed from the throne. It was cast in bronze during his brief eight-month reign and bears the inscription Thiên Hưng Thông Bảo (天興通寶), corresponding to his era name.

The coin follows the traditional Chinese-influenced design of a square-holed cash coin. On the obverse, the four characters Thiên Hưng Thông Bảo (天興通寶) are inscribed in standard script, arranged in the order of top, bottom, right, and left. The reverse side is blank, bearing no inscriptions or decorative elements.

As the eldest son of Emperor Lê Thái Tông, Lê Nghi Dân was designated Crown Prince at birth. However, due to the arrogance of his mother, Lady Dương Thị Bí, she was demoted to commoner status by the emperor, and Nghi Dân was consequently stripped of his title and demoted to Prince of Lạng Sơn. Both mother and son were exiled to the border region of Lạng Sơn near the Sino-Vietnamese frontier.

Upon reaching adulthood, Lê Nghi Dân remained deeply resentful over being denied the throne. In AD 1459, he staged a coup, assassinating his half-brother Emperor Lê Nhân Tông and the latter’s mother, Lady Nguyễn Thị Anh, and proclaimed himself emperor. However, Nghi Dân’s tyrannical rule quickly alienated the court. In the following year, a group of ministers led by Nguyễn Xí launched a countercoup, executed Nghi Dân, posthumously demoting him to the title of Marquess Lệ Đức (Lệ Đức hầu), and enthroned Lê Tư Thành, the fourth son of Lê Thái Tông, as the new emperor.

物件編號: A2995

年代: 公元 1454-1459 年

材質: 青銅

尺寸: 24.3 x 24.1 x 1.3 mm

重量: 3.95 g

來源: 斯賓克拍賣行 2023

這是一枚後黎朝第四任皇帝，同時也是首位被廢除帝位的黎宜民，在其短暫的八個月統治期間，以其年號所鑄造的「天興通寶」，材質為青銅。

錢幣形制為深受中國影響的方孔錢。錢幣正面按照上、下、右、左的順序，依序以漢字楷書書法鐫刻「天興通寶」四字。錢幣背面則是光背，沒有任何文字或圖案。

作為黎太宗長子的黎宜民剛出生就被冊封為皇太子，然而由於生母楊氏賁過於傲慢遭到黎太宗貶為庶人，黎宜民的太子頭銜也遭到拔除被貶為諒山王，母子倆被流放到中越邊境的諒山。黎宜民成年之後，對於無法擔任皇帝一事感到耿耿於懷。因此於公元1459年發動兵變，殺害異母弟黎仁宗及其母阮氏英，自立為皇帝。然而黎宜民的殘暴統治招致朝臣反感，阮熾為首的大臣於隔年發動政變斬殺黎宜民並將他貶為厲德侯，後續則找回黎太宗四子黎思誠為新任皇帝。