Bronze Knife Coin

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 05 December 2018
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Bronze Knife Coin

So-called knife money, worth 5000 standard coins. Obverse, Chinese inscription. Minted in China; ruler Wang Mang. Wang Mang's four coinage reforms were not successful and the widely accepted wuzhu were soon re-issued. Xin Dynasty, 9-23 CE. (The British Museum, London).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, December 05). Bronze Knife Coin. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/9517/

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Bronze Knife Coin." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified December 05, 2018. https://www.ancient.eu/image/9517/.

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Bronze Knife Coin." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 05 Dec 2018. Web. 08 Apr 2020.

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