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1 Cash - Hanxing Li Shou, Cheng Han
| Issuer | State of Cheng Han |
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| Year | 337-343 |
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| Value | 1 Cash |
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| Obverse description | Central square hole surrounded by a plain raised rim. Two Chinese characters, 漢興 (Hàn Xīng, meaning 'Han Prosperity' or 'Han Rising'), are cast in relief in the fields flanking the square hole — one character above and one below — rendered in a archaic clerical script style typical of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms period. The legends are bold and slightly irregular, consistent with the cast bronze coinage of the Cheng Han state. The overall fabric is thin and the field surfaces show characteristic casting texture. |
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| Mintage | ND (337-343) |
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The Cheng Han state, founded by the Di people under Li Te and consolidated by his son Li Xiong, was one of the Sixteen Kingdoms that fragmented northern and southwestern China following the collapse of the Western Jin. By the time this cash was issued under Li Shou — who seized the throne from his own cousin Li Qi in 338 and renamed the reign era Hanxing — the kingdom was already in terminal decline. Li Shou died in 343, and his son Li Shi surrendered to Eastern Jin forces just four years later, ending the only non-Han Chinese dynasty to control the Sichuan basin in this period.