Cloth coin with sharp horns : Gong.
Warring states period (475-221.BC).
Casting era : The middle years of this period.
Han kingdom.
O : Chinese character inscription : Gong (= public). Gong is name of the
city where this coin was made.
A region of Han kingdom - present north west of Luo yang city of He nan
province. Two long straight lines.
R : Three long straight lines.
5.6g.
47.8mm x 27.6mm.
G. Small hole.
A new theory says that this coin was made in Wei kingdom.
Sold.
Shuichi Yamashita
1696, Aoyagi
Ichihara-shi, Chiba
299-0102, JAPAN
E-mail : ge6128@i.bekkoame.ne.jp