23.1 mm, 2.1 g |
Obverse: Vietnamese Thien Quang Nguyen Bao
Reverse: plain |
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Alan Barker: The character on the right would appear to be Quang, or Ching in Chinese. Tien Ching Yuan Pao was a reign title used in the Liao dynasty (1111-1120) and again in the Western Hsia dynasty (1194-1204). The Vietnamese copied many of the Chinese reign titles for 'un-official coinage'. | |
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