Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left (in Clerical script).
Obverse script
Chinese (traditional, clerical
script)
Obverse lettering
太
寶 通
平 (Translation: Tai Ping Tong Bao Taiping (1st era of Taizong, 976-984) / Universal currency)
Reverse description
Blank (uniface).
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Edge
Smooth.
Mint
Old Yidu Mint (益都旧监),Chengdu-fu, modern-day Chengdu, Sichuan, China (circa 970-1129) Yazhou, modern-day Ya`an,Sichuan, China (970-1016; 1080-?; 1210-?)