Chien Shih Ting Yu, China, 37 - 25 BCE
Chien Shih Ting Yu, China, 37 - 25 BCE
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) chien shih ting yu coin, Emperor Ch'eng Ti (Han Dynasty)
- China, 37 - 25 BCE (19th Century)
- Obverse Image: Seal characters read right, top, left, crescent below.
- Obverse Text: Romanization: CHIEN / SHIH / TING / YU (Translation: The Ting Yu year of the Chien Shih period of the Emperor Ch'eng Ti, Wu Zhu.)
- Reverse Image: Seal characters read bottom, top, left, right.
- Reverse Text: Romanization: P'ING / SHIH / WU / CH'IEN (Translation: Ten equal to five thousand.)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date on coin
- 37 - 25 BCE
- associated date
- 1830
- head of government
- Chien Shih Ting Yu
- Ch'eng Ti
- place made
- China
- associated place
- China
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 mm x 141 mm; 5/32 in x 5 9/16 in
- ID Number
- NU.66.12782
- catalog number
- 66.12782
- accession number
- 268682
- Credit Line
- Sebald, William J.
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- East Asian Coins
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
