Paleomoneda
Akan · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: PAR-4
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- Height
- 31 cm
- Material
- Bronze
Former bronze coin used in Ivory Coast and much of West Africa until the turn of the century XIXIt's a grooved bar crushed at its ends.…
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Former bronze coin used in Ivory Coast and much of West Africa until the turn of the century XIXIt's a grooved bar crushed at its ends. In Anglophone Africa they call it Penny sombe. Great dimension for this type of coin.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Century XVII a XIX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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