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Auction 21  15-16 January 2015
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Lot 814

Starting price: 800 USD
Price realized: 1900 USD
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WESTERN XIA: Tian Qing, 1194-1206, AE cash (4.36g), H-18.105, ng-goor lee-oo-h lee ndzen in Tangut script (tian qing bao qian in Chinese), many tiny casting bubbles in flan, RRR, ex Zhao Quanzhi Collection. The Tangut script (xi xià wén) was a logographic writing system, used for writing the extinct Tangut language of the Western Xia Dynasty. Tangut characters are similar in appearance to Chinese characters, with the same type of strokes, but the methods of forming characters in the Tangut writing system are significantly different from those of forming Chinese characters. There are only five coin types in Tangut script and all are very rare.

Estimate: 1,000- 1,200 USD
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