Collection of Patrick J O'Rourke - Asian & World Coin
Lot 5671 Session 20 (7.30pm Friday 25 November) Collection of Patrick J O'Rourke - Asian & World Coins
Estimate $100
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SOLD $80
CHINA, Han Dynasty, bronze cake money, c.140-87 B.C., 62mm diameter, (157.6 g) made for money circulation; another pottery cake c.2nd - 1st Century B.C., 68mm diameter, (81.50 g) made for a tomb; another glazed and fired clay in the shape of a mound with a flower design, c.10 B.C. - 50 A.D., 55mm diameter, (63.00 g) (illustrated). Very fine and rare. (3)
Ex Monetarium Auction No.1, Singapore 18th April 2008 (lot 140 and 143) for the first two pieces.
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