Silver coins were defined as metage money in China,which normally produced by general publics,and eventually formed in varied shapes.Based on classification and authentication of the Northern Song ingots,the paper cam...Silver coins were defined as metage money in China,which normally produced by general publics,and eventually formed in varied shapes.Based on classification and authentication of the Northern Song ingots,the paper came to a clear picture of the characters of Northern Song ingots.Furthermore,the inscriptions on these ingots offered us more cultural information,rather then coin itself.展开更多
Introduced 17 pieces of Byzantine solidus collected in China Numismatic Museum, compared with other Byzantine coins found before, analyzed their time and amount, thought the reason of these coins come into China not o...Introduced 17 pieces of Byzantine solidus collected in China Numismatic Museum, compared with other Byzantine coins found before, analyzed their time and amount, thought the reason of these coins come into China not only depended on the trade of silk road, another possibility was brought by the northwestern minority when they invaded inland during Jin Dynasty.展开更多
Author discussed the usage,time,circulating area,weight and facture of the silver cake of Tang Dynasty.The silver cakes were used as currency for large number payment,such as tax silver or stock silver.
文摘Silver coins were defined as metage money in China,which normally produced by general publics,and eventually formed in varied shapes.Based on classification and authentication of the Northern Song ingots,the paper came to a clear picture of the characters of Northern Song ingots.Furthermore,the inscriptions on these ingots offered us more cultural information,rather then coin itself.
文摘Introduced 17 pieces of Byzantine solidus collected in China Numismatic Museum, compared with other Byzantine coins found before, analyzed their time and amount, thought the reason of these coins come into China not only depended on the trade of silk road, another possibility was brought by the northwestern minority when they invaded inland during Jin Dynasty.
文摘Author discussed the usage,time,circulating area,weight and facture of the silver cake of Tang Dynasty.The silver cakes were used as currency for large number payment,such as tax silver or stock silver.