A large amount of gold coins, hoofs
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An archaeologist cleans the hoof-shaped ingots from the tomb of "Haihunhou" (Marquis of Haihun) that dates back to the Western Han Dynasty, in Nanchang, capital of East China's Jiangxi province, Nov 17, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] |
On Nov 17, Chinese archaeologists also discovered 75 gold coins and hoof-shaped ingots in the tomb. The gold objects -- 25 gold hoofs and 50 very large gold coins -- are the largest single batch of gold items ever found in a Han Dynasty tomb.
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