JAPAN: AE amulet (91.71g), 76x95mm, bronzed amulet with 30 seated Buddha figures, votive inscriptions on reverse, dated April 2nd of Kaiyuan year 14 (726), flan cracks, likely made in the Taisho or early Showa period, deacquisition from the Money Museum of the National Bank of Detroit, EF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. The Money Museum at the National Bank of Detroit opened on April 28, 1960. The Money Museum 's director, Rear Admiral Oscar H. Dodson, USN, was an ANS Fellow (1943) and past president of the American Numismatic Association. Nate S. Shapero, a local businessman and numismatist, donated his collection to the museum. The Money Museum moved to the RenCen (Renaissance Center) in 1977, after which the museum closed and its contents were sold at auction.
Estimate: 120-160 USD