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Pointed-tip knife With ideograms, half-unit
| Issuer | State of Yan |
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| Year | 601 BC - 400 BC |
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| Diameter | 114 mm |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | Uniface reverse with no design or inscription. The surface is plain and flat across the blade, showing the same aged bronze patina with malachite-green and earthen encrustation as the obverse. The handle ribs and terminal ring are visible in relief, mirroring the structural contours of the obverse side. |
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| Mintage | ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - [Fish] - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - [Two-pronged trident] - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - Undeciphered ideogram - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - 上 (Shang) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - 八 (Ba; eight) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - 六 (Liu; six) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - 匕 (Bi) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - 十八 (Shi Ba; eighteen) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - 卜 (Bu) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - 吉 (Ji) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - 屮 (Che) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - 工 (Gong) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - 己 (Ji; cyclical character) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - 日 (Ri; a circle) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - 行 (Xing) - ND (601 BC - 400 BC) - 非 (Fei) - |
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