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Token - Black Turtle-Snake
| Location | People's Republic of China |
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| Weight | 28.70 g |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts Xuanwu (Black Tortoise-Snake), one of the Four Divine Beasts, rendered in vivid colour relief as a heavily armoured tortoise-like creature entwined with a serpent, facing right with open jaws. The textured field features raised cloud and wave motifs, with the two-character legend in the right field. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | The uncoloured reverse features a central Bagua (Eight Trigrams) device with a Yin-Yang symbol at its centre, set within a scalloped border. The four cardinal positions of the field each bear one of the Four Divine Beasts in incuse relief: the Black Tortoise-Snake (north, top), the Azure Dragon (west, left), the White Tiger (east, right), and the Vermilion Bird (south, bottom). Radiating lines emanate from the central device across the field. |
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