拍品描述： China - Ancient，WARRING STATES: State of Chu, 400-300 BC, AE spade money (30.5g), H-3.470, Dan Jin square-foot type, pei bi dang jin ("pei coin equivalent to one jin") on obverse, shi huo ("currency of [value] ten") on reverse in archaic script, graded 78 by GBCA Grading Company, F-VF, ex Dr. Dirk Löer Collection. The State of Chu was an ancient Chinese state in the Yangtze valley during the Zhou Dynasty. Originally Chu was considered a viscountcy, but starting from King Wu in the early 8th century BC, the rulers of Chu declared themselves kings on an equal footing with the Zhou rulers. Originally known as Jing and then as Jingchu, Chu occupied vast areas of land at its height, including most of the present-day provinces of Hubei and Hunan, along with parts of Chongqing, Guizhou, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai. The hao in the reverse inscription shi hao probably refers to ten ant-nose type coins. These spades are thick and robust with well-developed rims all the way around, with a large round hole in the top.

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