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Fish Money: CM.1462-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Fish Money

Entities

Description

Bronze fish, barracuda-shaped body, raised spine running length of body on one side, with perforated eye hole. Most numismatists do not regard these pieces as money, but as funerary items or coffin decorations.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2015-04-27) by North, Jeffrey J.

Dating

Circa -1000 - Circa -200

Components of the work

Object composed of copper Weight 6.25 g

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.1462-2015
Primary reference Number: 238711
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 12 September 2019 Updated: Thursday 12 September 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Coins and Medals

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Fish Money" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/238711 Accessed: 2024-12-23 04:13:28

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/238711 |title=Fish Money |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-23 04:13:28|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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