Distance:
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Site : Tahel - Sharjah
Object : Coin
Period : 11th Century A.D.
Material : Bronze
Height : 50.00 cm
Diameter : 22.00 cm
Weight : 3.64 gr
“Yuanfu tongbao” (“Treasure in circulation of Yuanfu period”) was issued during Yuanfu era (1098-1110) of Emperor Zhe-zong (personal name Zhao Xu, the 7th Song Dynasty Emperor, on the throne at 1085-1110). In his premature reign Song Empire reached its greatest territorial extent. This type of coin may have different characters on the reverse, but the present coin has plain reverse. [Zhu She 1991, vol. I, p.319, vol. II, p. 262].
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