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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Asian Coins| > |China| > CH87314
China, Western Wei Dynasty, 535 - 557 A.D.
|China|, |China,| |Western| |Wei| |Dynasty,| |535| |-| |557| |A.D.|,
Coins of this type were found in the tomb of Hou Yi of the Western Wei. The Western Wei followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei, and ruled northern China from 535 to 557. As with the Northern Wei state that preceded it, the ruling family were members of the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei. After the Xianbei general Yuwen Tai killed the Northern Wei emperor Yuan Xiu, he installed Yuan Baoju as emperor of Western Wei, but Yuwen Tai was the true ruler. Although smaller than the Eastern Wei in territory and population, Western Wei was able to withstand the attacks from the eastern empire. Due to its stronger economic condition, Western Wei was even able to conquer the whole western part of the Liang empire in the south and occupied the territory of modern Sichuan. In 557 Yuwen Tai's nephew Yuwen Hu deposed Emperor Gong and placed Yuwen Tai's son Yuwen Jue on the throne, ending Western Wei and establishing Northern Zhou.Western_Han
CH87314. Copper 5 zhu, Hartill 10.25, Schjoth 253, Fisher 651, aVF, green patina, encrustations, weight 1.660g, maximum diameter 22.2mm, 535 - 556 A.D.; obverse Wu Zhu (5 zhu), crossing lines of wu straight, inner rim by wu; reverse plain; SOLD



  






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