Ban-liang cash, scarce type, early W. Han, c.175-140 BC, China (G/F 13.40)

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Two large Chinese characters Ban Liang ("Half an ounce"), no vertical dashes on "ban", without an outer rim / Flat, no rims. 24mm, 2.50 grams. Gratzer/Fishman "The Early Round Coins of China" #13.40; BM Chinese coins (Poole) #256ff; Hartill #7.16ff (this particular type not listed). 

A Chinese ounce (liang) weighs about 16 grams. The earliest Qin dynasty "Ban Liangs" weighed half that much - 8 grams, but the Western Han pieces, like this one, weighed much less. 

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