Two Chinese characters Wu Zhu (=5 Zhu), raised rim above and below the hole and outside rim / Inside and outside rims, four lines radiating out of the inside rim. 19.5mm, 3.40 grams. Gratzer/Fishman "One Thousand Years of Wu Zhu Coinage" #B8.18; cf. Hartill 10.18 var (unspecified type).

The Liang Dynasty (502-557), also known as Southern Liang Dynasty, was the third of Southern dynasties in China, followed by the Chen Dynasty. Western Liang Dynasty, with its capital established at Jiangling in 555 by Emperor Xuan, a grandson of Liang's founder Emperor Wu, claimed to be the legitimate successor of Liang Dynasty; it was subservient to the successive Western Wei Dynasty, Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Sui Dynasty, and was abolished by Emperor Wen of Sui in 587. The ending date for Liang Dynasty is a matter of controversy among historians. Many historians consider the end of Emperor Jing's reign in 556, when he was forced to yield the throne to Chen Baxian, who established Chen Dynasty, to be Liang's end date. Others regard the abolition of Western Liang in 587 to be the true end of Liang.

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