Item number: A1216

Year: AD 1434-1439

Material: Bronze

Size: 24.1 x 23.8 x 0.8 mm

Weight: 2.75 g

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2024

This coin, inscribed with “Shaoping Tongbao,” was minted during the reign of Emperor Lê Thái Tông, also known as Lê Nguyên Long, the second emperor of the Later Lê Dynasty in Vietnamese history. In Chinese historical records, he is referred to as Lê Linh. The coin bears the era name “Shaoping.”

The coin adopts the square-holed design modelled after Chinese coinage. On the obverse side, the four Chinese characters “Shaoping Tongbao” are inscribed in regular script, arranged sequentially in the order of top, bottom, right, and left. The reverse side of the coin is blank, without any inscriptions or designs. Both the coin’s appearance and the script used reflect the profound cultural influence exerted by various Chinese dynasties that ruled over northern Vietnam for nearly a thousand years.

The Later Lê Dynasty was established by Lê Lợi, the father of Lê Nguyên Long, during a period when the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty intervened and occupied Vietnam following the decline of the Trần Dynasty. Lê Lợi led his supporters in a ten-year-long resistance against the invading Ming forces, ultimately achieving success in AD 1428 by founding the Later Lê Dynasty and forcing the Ming Empire to withdraw and recognise Vietnam’s independence.

In AD 1433, after ascending the throne as Emperor Lê Thái Tông, Lê Nguyên Long ordered the abolition of the paper currency left over from the previous dynasty and introduced the “Shaoping Tongbao” square-holed coin for nationwide circulation, which even spread into southern China, including the regions of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Fujian.

The coinage of the Later Lê Dynasty is considered the pinnacle of minting technology in Vietnamese history, characterised by its superior copper quality, standardised design, and exquisite calligraphic artistry.

物件編號: A1216

年代: 公元 1434-1439 年

材質: 青銅

尺寸: 24.1 x 23.8 x 0.8 mm

重量: 2.75 g

來源: 福君錢幣 2024

這是越南歷史上後黎朝的第二任皇帝，黎太宗黎元龍，即中國史書上記載的黎麟以其年號鑄造的「紹平通寶」。

錢幣形制為仿效中國的方孔錢造型。錢幣正面按上、下、右、左順序，依序以楷書書法鐫刻漢字「紹平通寶」四字。錢幣背面為光背，沒有任何文字或圖案。從錢幣外觀到其使用的文字，充分展現統治越南北部長達千年的不同中國朝代，於文化上對於越南的深遠影響。

後黎朝為黎元龍的父親黎利，於明朝永樂皇帝趁著陳朝末年，出兵介入和占領越南之際，帶領支持者向入侵的明軍展開長達十年的戰爭，於公元1428年成功建立後黎朝，迫使明帝國撤兵和承認其獨立。公元1433年，黎元龍繼位為太宗後，下令全國廢止前朝遺留的紙鈔，鑄造「紹平通寶」方孔錢流通於全國，甚至流入中國南部的兩廣、雲貴和福建一帶。

後黎朝的錢幣鑄造技術為越南歷史上的巔峰，其使用的銅質十分上乘，形制規範和書法藝術皆非常精美。