What is the earliest era number in the history of China's numismatics? Warring States Sword Coin? Qin Dynasty half two? Five baht of the Han Dynasty? Neither! It is a Hanxing coin minted by Chenghan during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Let's talk about the Chenghan regime first.
Cheng han (304–349) was one of the Sixteen Kingdoms. In the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, political corruption, natural disasters and man-made disasters were rampant, and Yizhou Lite led refugees to rebel against the Jin. In 302, Li Te proclaimed himself an envoy, a metropolitan governor, and a general of Zhenbei.
In 303 AD, Li Te led an army to attack Chengdu and was unfortunately killed. His brother Li Liu continued to lead the displaced people in battle, and died of illness the following year. Later, Li Xiong, the son of Li Te, took over as the chief, and in the same year Li Xiong attacked Chengdu, and in October he proclaimed himself the king of Chengdu, and in 306 he was proclaimed emperor, with the name cheng, and the history was called Chenghan.
In 334, Li Xiong fell ill and died, leaving his brother's son Li Ban to succeed to the throne, and a few months later Li Xiong's son Li Ban killed Li Ban to stand on his own. In 338, Li Shou, the son of Li Jun, killed Li Qi and established himself as emperor. Li Shou occupied Chengdu and changed the country to Han, changed the Yuan Hanxing (338-343) and minted "Hanxing" small coins, Hanxing money is not named after the weight unit, which is the earliest year number money in the history of Chinese coins. Li Shou lived a lavish and absurd life, and the people were oppressed by harsh servitude. After Li Shou's death, his son Li Shi succeeded to the throne and killed on a large scale, and the country's power was even weaker.
In 347, Huan Wen, the ruler of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, led an army to attack Chenghan, li Shi surrendered, and the remnants of Chenghan were completely wiped out by the Eastern Jin Dynasty in 349.
Admire the ancient money of Hanxing
Hanxing money can be divided into two kinds of money arrangement according to the text: one is arranged up and down, commonly known as "vertical Hanxing" or "straight Hanxing", and the other is arranged left and right, commonly known as "Heng Hanxing".
Chenghan money minted for a short time, is a coin minted by a small regime in the southwest during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and there are not many surviving coins, which are worth collecting.