Cloth coin with a hollow head : An zang.
Warring states period (475-221.BC).
Casting era : The middle years of this period.
O : Chinese character inscription : An zang.
From observer's point of view, left, from up to doun, An (=safe), zang
(=warehouse).
It is said that this inscription (An zang = safe warehouse) indicates name
of a place. But details are unknown. Three long straight lines and hemming
line.
R : Three long straight lines and hemming line.
20.2g.
73.0mm x 40.0mm.
VF.
Sold.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
E-mail : ge6128@i.bekkoame.ne.jp