Dao from China of Wang Mang (Sji-kwan-kwee), 9 AD - 13 AD
Also known as: Tao uit China van Wang-mang (Sji-kwan-kwee), 9 na Chr -13 na Chr
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
9 - 13
Brass coin in the shape of a knife. Obverse: on round "handle" with square hole two characters and on "blade" five Chinese characters. Reverse: on handle no characters, on blade five of the same Chinese characters as on obverse.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4163; its record gives material recorded as brass (alloy); technique casting; measurements length 7.4 cm x width 2.8 cm x thickness 0.5 cm x weight 35.99 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- brass (alloy)
- Technique
- casting
- Dimensions
- length 7.4 cm x width 2.8 cm x thickness 0.5 cm x weight 35.99 g lengte 7,4 cm x breedte 2,8 cm x dikte 0,5 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 35,99 g
- Measurements
- length 7.4 cm x width 2.8 cm x thickness 0.5 cm x weight 35.99 g
Design
- Obverse
- on round "handle" with square hole two characters and on "blade" five Chinese characters.
- Reverse
- on handle no characters, on blade five of the same Chinese characters as on obverse.
Identification
- Original title
- Tao uit China van Wang-mang (Sji-kwan-kwee), 9 na Chr -13 na Chr
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-4163
- Museum classification
- tao · coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references
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