The Jin Dynasty and the 16 Kingdoms Ancient Chinese coinage
1 jin dynasty , 16 kingdoms
1.1 former liang kingdom (301–76)
1.2 later zhao kingdom (319–52)
1.3 cheng han kingdom (303–47)
1.4 xia kingdom (407–31)
the jin dynasty , 16 kingdoms
sima yan founded jin dynasty in ad 265, , after defeat of eastern wu in 280, china reunified while. @ first, dynasty known western jin luo-yang capital; 317, ruled eastern jin nanking. historical records not mention specific casting of coins during jin dynasty. in south, reductions in weights of coins caused great price fluctuations, , cloth , grain used substitutes coins. in north, numerous independent kingdoms (the sixteen kingdoms) issued interesting coins.
former liang kingdom (301–76)
liang zao xin quan (chinese: 涼造新泉; pinyin: liáng zào xīnquán; literally: liang made new coin ) attributed king zhang gui (317–376), ruled in north-western area.
later zhao kingdom (319–52)
feng huo (chinese: 豐貨; pinyin: fēng huò; literally: coin of abundance ) has text uses seal script. there no rim. cast emperor shi le in 319 @ xiangguo (now xingtai in hebei) weight of 4 zhu. known cash of riches – keeping coin 1 said bring great wealth. however, historical record states people displeased, , in end coin did not circulate.
cheng han kingdom (303–47)
han xing (chinese: 漢興; pinyin: hàn xìng) inscription either right , left or above , below. in 337, li shou of sichuan adopted period title of han xing. first recorded use of period title on coin. period ended in 343.
xia kingdom (407–31)
tai xia zhen xing (chinese: 太夏眞興; pinyin: tài xiàzhēnxìng; literally: great xia, zhenxing [period] ) counterwise. these issued during zhenxing period (419–24) helian bobo, @ xi an.
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