Spade Coin

29-127-3578

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name 布幣
Object Number 29-127-3578
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Warring States
Date Made 350 - 250 BCE
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Inscription Language Chinese Language
Description

Flat handled, square-foot spade coin. Obv. 郎 Lan (?) / 鄭 Zheng (?). Rev. Plain. The inscription on the obverse is largely illegible making it hard to identify.

Credit Line Purchased from Rev. Edward W. Thwing; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902

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