Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) shun t'ien yuan pao coin, Shih Ssu-ming (Tsung Insurgent)
- China, ca 761
- Obverse Image: Characters read top, right, bottom, left.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: SHUN / T'IEN / YUAN / PAO (Translation: Original currency of the Shun T'ien ( in accord with heaven) period)
- Reverse Image: Crescent or new moon above hole.
- Reverse Text: N/A
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- ca 761
- Credit Line
- Bequest of George B. Glover
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 36.5 mm; 1/32 in x 1 7/16 in
- Object Name
- coin
