Lot 3049

Description

China, Chou Dynasty, Late period, (350-221 B.C.), bronze small square shoulder square foot spade money, value one four character spade, Yu Ming [Coole] 'Yau Ming Shan chi' [Right Brilliant] issue, length 42mms, (Coole Vol.3 4279, p.379 [detailed account for the find of the first example of this coin in 1943 at Hopei], Not in Sch. or TFP, JMQB p.73). Light dirt adhering to green surface, otherwise nearly very fine and extremely rare.