Four gilt-bronze and silver coinages of various origins
Han dynasty, Sasanian Empire, and Spain, 16th to 18th century 2.8cm diam., 2.9cm wide, 4.1cm wide, and 4.5cm wide, the Spanish cobs 26g each (4).
Provenance: Hsiao Chung Lung (1947-2008), Melbourne Bonhams, 7 Dec 2022, Sydney, lot 60
漢鎏金「五銖」錢、薩珊王朝五世紀銀幣、及西班牙十六至十八世紀銀幣
傳承: 蕭正倫(1947-2008),墨爾本 邦瀚斯,2022年12月7日,拍品60號
As additional silver deposits were discovered in the colonial territories there was a pressing demand to export it to Spain as quickly as possible. To do this, starting in the reign of Philip II, the mints produced irregular coinage called cobs. A bar of silver was simply cut into chunks of the appropriate weight. These small sliver clumps were then treated as if they were finished planchets and were hammer struck between crude dies.
The Sasanian Empire, due to its strategic location in the network of the silk roads, it occupied a crucial position in the trade of Eurasia continent. Its currency was legal tender throughout the continent, and as a result the Sassanian silver coins were found in numerous tombs and burial sites in modern-day China.
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