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Description: | Artist: Northern Song Dynasty, ruler; Date(s): uncertain 960 - uncertain 1127; Classification(s): coins, cash (Chinese money), Far Eastern, China, Northern Song; Acquisition: bought by Simmons Gallery, 2002-11-25 [CM.869-2002]
Description: Chinese cash coins often changed hands in strings of 100, 500 or 1,000 coins, rather than being counted out individually. This group illustrates that practice. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | coins Northern Song Dynasty cash (Chinese money) | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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