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Registered: August 2005
Location: Arizona USA
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1-03: A 'Chen Wu Zhu', H# 10.22; or a 'Yong Ping Wu Zhu', H# 10.23; [5 'zhu', 3.93 grams, ~26 mm]. If so then first could be attributed to Emperor Wen of the Southern Dynsaties, Chen Dynasty [562 AD] or Emperor Xuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Yongping period #510 AD#. Main charactistics are well developed outer rim and no obverse inner rim, reverse has an inner rim. Hartill indicates a tiny dimple in the solid triangular portion of 'zhu' [H# 10.23], the characters are obscured but may be a long thin type.
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![tiberius_denarius_2.jpg](data/500/thumbs/tiberius_denarius_2.jpg "Tiberius "Tribute Penny"")
