1 Cash (wen) of Li Yuan | Yale University Art Gallery

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621–907

Medium: Copper
Dimensions: 2.52 g, 12:00, 24.35 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Bruno H. Luebeck
Accession Number: 2001.87.56505
Geography: Made in China
Culture: Chinese
Period: 7th–10th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Four Chinese characters Kai Yuan Tong Bao.

Reverse Description: Blank.

Provenance

Bruno H. Luebeck; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

cash (Chinese money), coins, money

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