Issuing authority
Song dynasty
- Kind
- empire
- Region
- China, Asia
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
6
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
6 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1038 – 1107
6 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (6)
Filter these entries by era, material or confidenceSorted by date, earliest first.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Cash of the Empire of China of Emperor Renzong under the reign title Huangsong, 1038-1039
1038 - 1039
Copper coin. Obverse: within a broad raised rim around a square central hole, four Chinese characters arranged in a cross, two of which mean: Huang Sung. Reverse: smooth within a broad raised rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4170; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); te…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Cash of the Empire of China of Emperor Shenzong under the reign title Xining, 1068-1077
1068 - 1077
Copper coin. Obverse: within a broad raised rim around a square central hole, four Chinese characters arranged in a cross, two of which mean: Hsi ning. Reverse: smooth within a broad raised rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4173; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); tech…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
2 cash of the Empire of China of Emperor Shenzong under the reign title Yuanfeng, 1078-1085
1078 - 1085
Copper coin. Obverse: within a broad raised rim around a square central hole, four Chinese characters arranged in a cross, two of which mean: Yuan feng. Reverse: smooth within a broad raised rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4178; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); tec…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Cash of the Empire of China of Emperor Shenzong under the reign title Yuanfeng, 1078-1085
1078 - 1085
Copper coin. Obverse: within a broad raised rim around a square central hole, four Chinese characters arranged in a cross, two of which mean: Yuan feng. Reverse: smooth within a broad raised rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4179; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); tec…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
5 cash of the Empire of China of Emperor Huizong under the reign title Chongning, 1102-1106
1102 - 1106
Copper coin. Obverse: within a broad raised rim around a square central hole, four Chinese characters arranged in a cross, two of which mean: Ch ung ning. Reverse: smooth within a broad raised rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4188; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); t…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
10 cash of the Empire of China of Emperor Huizong under the reign title Daguan, 1107-1110
1107 - 1110
Copper coin. Obverse: within a broad raised rim around a square central hole, four Chinese characters arranged in a cross, two of which mean: Ta kuan. Reverse: smooth within a broad raised rim. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4189; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); techn…
Partial type record
Dated entries by century
- 11th century4
- 12th century2
Only the 6 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
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