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Auction 24  14-16 January 2016
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Lot 793

Starting price: 650 USD
Price realized: 8500 USD
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TANG: De Yi, rebel, 758-759, AE 100 cash (20.93g), H-14.142, first issue of Shi Siming, crescent below on reverse, very fine casting and calligraphy, possibly a yang qián (sample coin), a superb example! EF, RRR, ex Zhao Quanzhi Collection. Shi Siming was a general during the Tang Dynasty who followed his childhood friend An Lushan in rebelling against the Tang, and who later succeeded An Lushan's son An Qingxu as emperor of the Yan state that An Lushan had established. This large coin was valued at 100 kai yuan cash during the rebellion.

Estimate: 800-1,000 USD
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