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English: COWRIES AND I PI      400 - 220 BC & EARLIER 
    H 1 . 1+      Cowries     Set of natural cowrie with "broken back" for flatness; bone, and stone. All attractive examples. Stone is 24.2mm long.         
    H 1 . 9      Lo Yi Zhu (or Ge liu zhu)     Variety called "ant money." 9.1mm x 14.6mm, 0.759g     FD-nl, S-nl, HG154/5     F 
    H 1 . 12      Jun     (Chun) 10.9mm x 16.5mm, 2.529g     FD5, S-nl, HG154/4, FDX1/4165     F 
    H 1 . 13      Jin     (Chin) 9.1mm x 14.6mm, 0.759g     FD-nl, S-nl, HG154/5     F 
    H 1 . 15      Xing     (Hsing) 10.2mm x 16.5mm, 2.314g     FD-nl, S-nl, HG154/7, FDX1/4170     F+
    H 1 . 16      Tao     (Dao) 9.7 x 15mm, 2.28gm     FD-nl, S-nl, HG(2004)157/2     Center of character is clear but outer semi-circle appears more as a raised area than an incuse line, probably due to the heavy patina.
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Source China: Cast Coinage: Archive (CoinCoin.com).
Author Scott Semans

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