Knife Coin
Unknown Chinese, Chinese
Song Dynasty, 960-1279, or later
Bronze
Overall: 6 11/16 × 1 3/16 in. (17 × 3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of A. Beatrice Buse
163.45.15140
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Period
1000-1400
Object Name
Money
Research Area
Numismatics: World Currency
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 16, Art, Architecture and Money in the Early Modern Period, Lauren Jacobi, Spring 2013
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
Provenance
A. Beatrice Buse, Thetford, Vermont; given through Richard Fowle to present collection, 1963.
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