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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3975277, member: 74834&quot;]Only in October I bought my first few Chinese coins. They can be so beautiful, and much cheaper than other Ancient coins. But there&#039;s a lot to learn before one can try to understand them. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1046230[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Lingdi (AD 186). Si Chu (four corners) Wu Zhu with four lines on the reverse. 25 mm, 4.04 gr. Hartill 10.3; FD 512. </p><p><br /></p><p>And then there are the variations from just over the Chinese border, the cash imitations from Sogdia on the Silk Road with tamghas and Sogdian texts instead of Chinese characters.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1046231[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AE Samarkand Soghd cash, Urk Wartamuk. Tamghas on the reverse. 27 mm, 3.28 gr. Smirnova 657?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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