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WESTERN LIAO: Uncertain Ruler, large iron cash (19.25g), ca. 1128-1218, Choice VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Early Imperial Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
WESTERN LIAO: Uncertain Ruler, large iron cash (19.25g), ca. 1128-1218, Choice VF
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WESTERN LIAO: Uncertain Ruler, large iron cash (19.25g), ca. 1128-1218, cf. Zeno-353559, "Beiting Big Iron Money", four characters in undeciphered script, slight off-center casting on reverse, a fantastic example of this type, which is almost always heavily encrusted, Choice VF. Beiting Big Iron Money (Bei tíng dà tie qián), also known as "Xiliao Big Iron Money", is named because it is mainly unearthed near the site of the former city of Beiting in Jimusar County, Xinjiang, China. The script on this coin is possibly Tocharian. During the 6th to 9th centuries this script (derived from the Indo-European Brahmi alphabet) was in use at sites such as Kucha, Turfan, and Karashar (Xinjiang). It is also possible that the script is Kidan (Qidan). More research on this rare type is needed which is tentatively assigned to the Western Liao. The ancient city of Beiting was the headquarters of the Beiting Protectorate during the 8th century. It was later known as Beshbalik (Beshbaliq) and became one of the capitals of the Uyghur Khaganate and then the Kingdom of Qocho (Kara-Khoja), the latter of which became a Western Liao vassal state in 1128 during the reign of Bilge Tekin.