Two large Chinese characters Wu Zhu ("5 zhu")  // Yi (=1) in incuse left. 25mm, 2.76 grams. Gratzer/Fishman #- (cf. B4.296 for the related type); BM Chinese coins (Poole) #398-403var. (without the marks); Hartill 10.2var (see note on page 93); Schjoth 178var (without the marks).

Rare with Yi left - examples with other locations for Yi are shown in Gratzer/Fishman (cf.4.293ff), but not one with the Yi left. Privately cast late Eastern Han issue. These were cast c.146-190 CE.

The Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 CE) was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms (220-265 CE). It was founded by the peasant rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han. It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty (23 CE) of the former regent Wang Mang. This interregnum separates the Han into two periods: the Western Han (206 BC-9 CE) and Eastern Han (25-220 CE). Spanning over four centuries, the period of the Han Dynasty is considered a golden age in Chinese history. To this day, China's majority ethnic group refers to itself as the "Han people".

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