Two Chinese characters - Ban Liang ("Half an ounce"), no rims or other marks / Blank, no rims. 28mm, 4.54 grams. Hartill #7.5; Gratzer/Fishman "The Early Round Coins of China" #A11.45. SKU T1141-48699

Very rare, horizontal lines on the reverse (cf. Gratzer/Fishman #A11.44aa). Late Eastern Zhou period, ca.336-221 BC.

Qin (778 BC-207 BC) was a Chinese feudal state that existed during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of Chinese history. It emerged as one of the dominant superpowers of the Seven Warring States by the 3rd century BC and eventually united China under its rule in 221 BC, after which it is referred to as the Qin Dynasty.

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