ANCIENT CHINA Da Guan Tong Bao Rare Running Script Cash coin 1107-1110 AD
Ancient CHINA, 1000 years old bronze cash, 
Northern Song Dynasty
Emperor Huizong of Song
Da Guan Tong Bao 1 Cash coin 1107-1110 A.D. 
" Da Guan ", which means: "Visible of Greatness" in English

Rare Running Script
 
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Emperor: Hui Zong (1101-1125 A.D.)
Years title: Da Guan - Coinage of Visible Greatness (1107-1110 A.D.)

Bronze 1 coin
Size: 24 mm Weight: 4 grams
 
"TA-KUAN YUAN-PAO" in running script, with very fine calligraphy said to be in the Emperor's own hand.
 
 
 
From China
Song dynasty, Daguan reign period (AD 1107-10)
Designed by the Emperor Huizong
Calligraphy was regarded as one of the highest art forms during the Song dynasty, and the calligraphy for this coin was supplied by the Emperor Huizong (reigned 1101-25) himself. Huizong was extremely interested in the arts, and developed a very distinctive style of calligraphy, known as 'slender needle style', which can be seen here.
The inscription on this coin reads 'Da guan tong bao', arranged top-bottom-right-left around the square hole. 'Daguan' refers to the Daguan reign period (1107-10), and tongbao means 'circulating treasure' or 'coin'.
J. Williams (ed.), Money: a history (London, The British Museum Press, 1997)
 
Emperor Huizong of Song
Emperor Huizong (Emperor Hui-tsung; 7 June 1082 ?4 June 1135) was the eighth and one of the most famous emperors of the Song dynasty of China, with a personal life spent amidst luxury, sophistication and art but ending in tragedy. It was during his reign that the Jurchens of the Jin dynasty invaded, beginning the Jin朣ong wars. He was captured by the Jurchens and taken to Manchuria in the Jingkang Incident.

Born Zhao Ji, he was the 11th son of Emperor Shenzong. In February 1100 his older half-brother Emperor Zhezong (哲宗) died without a surviving son, and Huizong succeeded him the next day as emperor. He reigned from 1100 to 1126.

Huizong was famed for his promotion of Taoism. He was also a skilled poet, painter, calligrapher, and musician. He sponsored numerous artists at his court, and the catalogue of his imperial painting collection lists over 6,000 known paintings.
 
 
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