Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten card associated with 1935.266 A-B reads in pencil:
'161 x y S.L. 102

ant-nose charms
see (S.L. 102).'
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

Context (Auction / Sale)
Bought by Karlbeck Syndicate 1934/5 in Peking.
Event Date 1935
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Two specimens of Ant Nose coins
Event Date 1935
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Cf. Stewart-Lockhard 102. "Some authorities place these coins among circular coins as the inscription is read by some as PAN LIANG. According to these authorities, these coins were issued in the 6th Century BC by SUN-SHU, Prime Minister of the State of CH'U. But according to other authorities, coins of this kind were placed in graves to ward off ants and were therefore called "I.PI", ant nose coins
Event Date 27/7/1992
Author: maa