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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Asian Coins| > |China| > CH92271
China, Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Shen Zong, 1067 - 1085 A.D.
|China|, |China,| |Northern| |Song| |Dynasty,| |Emperor| |Shen| |Zong,| |1067| |-| |1085| |A.D.|, Shenzong implemented Wang Anshi's famous reforms aimed at improving life for the peasantry and unemployed. He was initially successful against the Tangut Empire but Shenzong's forces were defeated at the City of Yongle battle of 1082. As a result, the Xixia forces grew more powerful and would be a thorn on the side of the Song dynasty in the ensuing decades.
CH92271. Bronze 1 cash, Gorny NS 24.a, Hartill 16.175, Schjoth 530, Fisher 945, F, deposits and encrustations, weight 4.483g, maximum diameter 23.8mm, die axis 0o, 1068 - 1077 A.D.; obverse Xi Ning yuan bao, seal script, clockwise; reverse plain; from a collection of 90 different Chinese cash coin types (no duplicates) all selected from a single hoard found on Java; SOLD










REFERENCES|

Fisher, G. Fisher's Ding. (1990).
Gorny, N. Northern Song Dynasty Cash Variety Guide 2016. (Morrisville, NC, 2016).
Hartill, D. Cast Chinese Coins. (Victoria, BC, 2005).
Schjoth, F. Chinese Currency. (Oslo, 1929).

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