| Object Number | 29-127-3437 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | Unusual coin or amulet with lines radiating out of the hole on the obverse. The reverse is plain. There is a triangular point at the top and a base at the bottom. It may have been part of a money tree or some other auspicious sculpture as the stubs, sometimes called a sprue, are left over from the manufacturing process. The pointed end could be from a mold that was used to funnel bronze into the coin mold and the flat side would have connected to another coin in the mold. Typically these sprue are filed away. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Rev. Edward W. Thwing; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902 |
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