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5 Zhu - Shen Chong Anepigraphic
| Issuer | China (ancient) |
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| Year | 322-324 |
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| Currency | Zhu (original continued, 25-618) |
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| Obverse description | Entirely anepigraphic field presenting no legend, device, or decorative element whatsoever. The coin exhibits the characteristic round cast-bronze flan with a central square perforation, the rim showing irregular casting flash consistent with ancient Chinese production methods. The flat annular field between the rim and the square hole is completely blank, devoid of any inscription or ornament. Surface patination is dark brown with areas of blue-grey encrustation typical of long-buried bronze. The absence of any legend on this issue is the defining typological feature classifying it as an anepigraphic emission of the Shen Chong period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Shen Chong's regime lasted barely two years. His 322–324 rebellion against the Eastern Jin court in Jiankang was crushed by Wang Dun's forces, and the anepigraphic issues attributed to his administration — coins struck without inscription, presumably to avoid the political liability of a legible reign name — survive in tiny numbers. The Gratzer reference places this squarely among the least-documented bronzes of the Eastern Jin fragmentation period, a classification Hartill never formally assigned.