Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) hsi ning yuan pao coin, Emperor Shen Tsung (Northern Sung Dynasty)
- China, 1068 - 1078
- Obverse Image: Seal script read top, right, bottom, left; rosette-formed hole.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: HSI / NING / YUAN / PAO (Translation: Original coin of the Hsi Ning period.)
- Reverse Image: N/A
- Reverse Text: N/A
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1068 - 1078
- Physical Description
- copper (overall material)
- Object Name
- coin
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