Bronze turtle button “Pingdong General Seal”

[Tonggui Button “Pingdong General Seal”]

Tonggui Button “Pingdong General Seal”, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sixteen Kingdoms, printed 2.3 × 2.3 cm, 3.1 cm in height
It is made of copper, with tortoise buttons, and the printed text is in Chinese seal characters, white text, which is read from the top right
General Pingdong, a military officer, is one of the “General Siping”. It was first seen in the period of the Wei regime of the Three Kingdoms. It was ranked as the third rank. In the Jin and Southern Dynasties, it was the title of the Minister of Honor and Honor. In the Southern Dynasty, it was ranked as the third rank. In the Southern Qi Dynasty, there were also officials who set up the office. In the Liang and Chen Dynasties, it was ranked as the 20th class. The “big” ones were added to the first class. The top ones were added to the same rank. In the Northern Dynasty, it was also set up to praise the Xunyong. During the Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties, most of the Pingdong generals were in the town of supporting troops, which had a high status among the generals
This seal is chiseled, and the text is sloppy. There is a dart on the top of the word “seal”, and the stroke is omitted as a vertical stroke. This seal should be the burial seal of General Pingdong of one of the sixteen countries.

“平东将军章”印印面“平东将军章”印钤本