China, 175-119 BC., Western Han Dynasty, Ban Liang, Hartill 7.17.
China, western Han Dynasty (206 BC.-23 AD.), issued ca. 175-119 BC.,
Ban Liang (23 mm / 2,50 g), cast, square center hole, no rims,
Obv.: 'Ban Liang' or 'Pan Liang', left and right of central hole, bottom of Liang lide a sideways E.
Rev.: (blank), square center hole.
Hartill 7.17 (rarity 14, very common) ; Fredrik Schjöth. Chinese currency. Oslo, 1929 no. 92-95 ; FD 422 .
Ban Liang means half liang. One liang at those times was 15,6 grams.