coin
- Museum number
- 1978,0919.44
- Description
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Copper alloy coin: wuzhu.
- Production date
- 206BC-220
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 25.50 millimetres
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Weight: 3.06 grammes
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See Coin Hoards VI, pp.114-118: no. 332: "Akow" (Chen Nian Sing coal mine) - not located, 1904. (Fig.15-17). c.AD220. 178 AE, followed by a description and analysis of the hoard by Joe Cribb.
A handwritten note associated with this group reads “…72 specimens in this tray No 48 all found at the coal mine of Chen Nian Sing (Akow) in the year 1904”. Cribb attributes all the early coins in this group (1978,0919…) to Akow.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1978
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- 1978,0919.44