Définition

• A name given to a series of Chinese medals, dating from the time of the Sung dynasty (A.D. 960- 1127), and specially of the period of Tsing- Kang, A.D. 1126.'

  These medals were employed at cere- monies in honor of the god Kuei-Sing, who forms a part of the constellation of Ursus Major. Conf. Kainz, Die sogenannten Chinesischen Tempelmunzen, 1895, and see also Kangtang.

La source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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