Coin (replica); so-called "spade" shape; U-shaped cast bronze, two characters on one face, perforated at top; length 5.4 cm. Original, cast in bronze, brass and copper, probably 770 BC–25 AD. Native name and meaning: pu (=spade)
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China, attr.
Culture or time period:
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BC), Qin dynasty (221–206 BC), and Western Han dynasty (206 BC–9 AD)
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers and 7.6 Bogus Currency