1 Wu Zhou - Shi Le Later Zhao, Xianggue, with rim

Shi Le founded the Later Zhao in 319, the same year this coin was issued — one of the few instances in Chinese numismatic history where a dynasty's inaugural coinage coincides precisely with its proclamation year. A former slave and cattle trader of Jié ethnicity, Shi Le built a state that controlled much of northern China during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, and his administration made deliberate use of Wu Zhu coinage to project legitimacy borrowed from Han and Jin precedent. The rim, noted in the type designation, distinguishes this from rim-less variants catalogued separately by Hartill.