Unlisted "Renzi" ban-liang cash w/outer rim, c.136-118 BC, Wu Di, W. Han, China

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Two large Chinese characters Ban Liang ("Half an ounce"), "Renzi" Liang, outer rim / Flat, no rims. 24mm, 1.79 grams. Gratzer/Fishman "The Early Round Coins of China" #13.124 var. (without rims); BM Chinese coins (Poole) #256ff; Hartill #7.16 var (without rims).

"Renzi" form of the "liang" character. Unlisted in Gratzer/Fishman or Hartill or BM with Renzi Liang and outer rims. Very rare. 

A Chinese ounce (liang) weighs about 16 grams. The earliest "Ban Liangs" weighed half that much - 8 grams, but the later pieces, like this one, weighed much less. These late Ban Liangs were cast during the reign of Emperor Wudi (140-87 BC), the date of the casting is ca.136-118 BC and they come from the last issue of Western Han dynasty Ban Liangs. 

This coin is unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic


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