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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2250970, member: 75799&quot;]Shi Siming 史思明 758-761</p><p><br /></p><p>De Yi Yuan Bao 得壹元寳</p><p><br /></p><p>Hartill 14.141. Ex Teutoburger. Very scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reign of Emperor Xuan Zong 玄宗 of the Tang Dynasty marked a golden age of Tang cultural and economic achievement. Though his reign started with much achievement and success, his later reign witnessed a period of decline when the Emperor started losing control the reigns of power and indulged in his concubine, the famous Lady Yang Guifei. In addition, his poor judgement of character led to excessive military power bestowed to the treacherous Turkic general An Lushan 安禄山 who conspired with another general Shi Siming 史思明 to launch a devastating rebellion on the Dynasty. Though the rebellion was eventually quelled,&nbsp; the Tang Dynasty never recovered it&#039;s former glory and led to it&#039;s steady decline and eventually demise.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is a heavy coin issued when Shi Siming Established his own government and started minting these to replace the incumbent Kaiyuans. However these were quickly replaced when in retrospect Shi Siming felt the meaning of the characters (transl: Achieving one treasure) carried inauspicious connotations.&nbsp; The replacement Shun Tian Yuan Bao 顺天元寶 was significantly more common as the meaning was favored (transl: Adherence to the heavens treasure).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]445471[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]445472[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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