Item number: A4325

Year: AD 943-957

Material: Bronze

Size: 26.8 x 25.0 x 1.9 mm

Weight: 5.0 g

Provenance: Spink 2023

This specimen is an iron Kaiyuan Tongbao (開元通寶) minted during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (五代十國) period of Chinese history.

The physical form of the coin follows the traditional design of the Sinospheric cultural zone, featuring a circular exterior with a central square hole. The obverse inscription consists of the four characters Kaiyuan Tongbao (開元通寶) in clerical script, read in a top-to-bottom and right-to-left sequence. The reverse of the coin is plain and devoid of any inscriptions or markings.

物件編號: A4325

年代: 公元 943-957 年

材質: 青銅

尺寸: 26.8 x 25.0 x 1.9 mm

重量: 5.0 g

來源: 斯賓克拍賣行 2023

這是一枚鑄造於中國歷史上的五代十國時期的「開元通寶」鐵錢。

錢幣形制為漢文化圈傳統的方孔圓錢，正面錢文為「開元通寶」隸書，由上而下，由右至左對讀。錢背光素無文。