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Gold plated bronze money in the shape of a cowrie
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Gold plated bronze money in the shape of a cowrie
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Gold plated bronze money in the shape of a cowrie shellLate Western Zhou dynasty (9th-8th century BC)
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Gold plated bronze money in the shape of a cowrie
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BATEA : 1308
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money
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bronze; gold; metal; cowrie; money; trade; Zhou; China; shell; BC;
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The bottom half of a cowrie shell shape made of bronze and covered with gold sheet. There is some heavy corrosion of a bright green colour.
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bronze
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corroded
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gold
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2.3 cm
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c. 9 - 8th centuries BC
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late western Zhou
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