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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3093665, member: 84744&quot;]I finally got around to photographing my Chinese stuff, so in the footsteps of [USER=78244]@TypeCoin971793[/USER], [USER=91469]@Milesofwho[/USER], and [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER], here&#039;s one of my favourite pieces of calligraphy.&nbsp; It&#039;s from the same emperor (Hui Zong) as the Song dynasty coins posted by TypeCoin and Miles, but slightly later, issued 1107-10.&nbsp; It also features the emperor&#039;s &quot;Slender Gold&quot; script, but is an even bigger 10 cash coin at 42mm.&nbsp; (H16.426.&nbsp; It&#039;s actually the coin illustrated on the cover of Hartill.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]781268[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My mind boggles at the high quality of this coinage, coming at a time when the northern half of the empire was about to fall to the Jin invaders (Jurchen ancestors of the Manchu).&nbsp; I truly find this coin to be as beautiful as a Hellenistic tet.&nbsp; This is a lot cheaper though! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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