Copper Exchange valuable, Southern Africa. 2015.17.1

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/2015.17.1

Physical Description

  • Axis: 0

  • Measurements

    • Height: 510
  • Shape: lerale

Typological Description

References

Administrative History

  • Identifier: 2015.17.1
  • Department: Modern
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Helms, Alan

Notes

  • Copper ingot from southern Africa, known e.g. from Phalaborwa. Sotho name is lerale (pl. marale); see A. C. Haddon, "Copper Rod Currency from the Transvaal," Man 8 (1908): 121-122.

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
  • Rights: Copyright Undetermined