Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) shao ting t'ung pao coin, Emperor Li Tsung (Southern Sung Dynasty)
- China, 1228 - 1234
- Obverse Image: Orthodox script read top, bottom, right, left.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: SHAO / TING / T'UNG / PAO (Translation: Currency of the Shao Ting period.)
- Reverse Image: Liu character for sixth year of the period above the hole.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: LIU (Transition: sixth)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1228 - 1234
- Credit Line
- Bequest of George B. Glover
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 mm x 24.5 mm; 1/32 in x 31/32 in
- Object Name
- coin
