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Obverse: Vietnamese Dai Dinh Thong Bao
Reverse: plain Diameter: 24 mm Weight: 2.43 g Ly Dynasty, Emperor Ly Anh tong (1138-1175), period Dai Dinh (1140-1162) |
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Obverse: Vietnamese Dai Dinh Thong Bao
Reverse: plain Diameter: 24 mm Weight: 2.25 g zinc coin, Trinh Nguyen Lords period |
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Obverse: Chinese Da Ding Tong Bao
Reverse: plain Diameter: 23 mm Weight: 2.48 g Chinese Jin dynasty, Emperor Shi Jung, period Da Ding (1161-1189) |
Dai Dinh was the reign title of Emperor Ly Anh Tong (1138-1175), Emperor Jin Shi Jung (1161-1189) and Duong Nhat Le (1369-1370) in Tran dynasty. Emperor Ly Than Tong died in 1139, leaving the throne to his three-year-old son, Emperor Ly Anh Tong. The Southern Sung recognized Anh Tong as King of AnNam. The term 'country of An Nam' was used to first time under his reign. In 1171, the first map of Annam was drawn by his mandarins. Ly's coins were distinguished from Duong's coins by the strokes of character Dinh and character Thong. Authors Ogawa Hiroshi, Ting Fu Pao and Francoise Thierry had Duong Nhat Le's coins and classified as Tran's coin. Schroeder showed 2 pieces of Ly's Dai Dinh but classified them as a copy of Chinese coins. Lacroix Desire had 3 pieces, 2 as Ly's coin and 1 clockwise-direction coin (?), he classified all of them as Ly's coins. Lacroix asserted that Duong Nhat Le cast Cam Thieu Nguyen Bao (?), not Dai Dinh. Chinese Dai Dinh coins were very much different from Viet's coins, either Ly Anh Tong's coin or Duong Nhat Le's coin, by its shape, thin rim and inscription. Finally, we should not forget Dai Dinh zinc coins cast in the 18th century, Trinh Nguyen Lords period. Once more Dai Dinh coin Chinese Coinage Web Site | |