Recataloged to 9-9060

Museum number:

9-5733c

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

9-9060 (museum number (recataloged to))

Accession number:

Acc.374

Description:

Metal piece, possibly coin, with three lobes. Type: Copper base alloy. Size: 5.7 cm long. Obverse description: Chinese characters. Reverse Description: Smooth. Said to be 1,000 years old.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Japan

Verbatim coll. place:

Japan

Culture or time period:

Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and Western Han dynasty (206 BC–9 AD)

Collector:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Placeholder record (no associated object)

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Accession date:

1909

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)