门西Menxi

安徽 · 淮南 · 寿县Anhui

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Province
安徽Anhui
City
淮南
County
寿县
Lat / Long
32.556325, 116.787421
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AH_0042
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5
Total coins
19

Description

不明,东津乡花园大队门西生产队,出土楚金币19块:'卢金'4块、小块'卢金'1块、'郢爰'2块、无印记金币8块、楔形金饼4块,总重5187.25克;即文献中俗称'门朝西队'出土事件,为建国以来寿县出土楚金币数量最多批次之一(与1986年周寨村油坊队批次并为大宗);据吴兴汉2005年文按类型细分重量:卢金4件1042克、郢爰2件522.6克、无印记金版8件2110.3克、金饼4件1502.8克、卢金碎块1件9.3克,合计5187.2克,与许建强文总重5187.25克基本一致;卢金含金量94-95%,其余各类金币含金量均为97-98%;中国钱币1994年第3期总46期。 中国文物地图集安徽分册'门西楚金币出土点'条(201-G6)确认此事件:东津乡花园村门西,战国,1979年8月9日当地农民取土发现大块楚国黄金货币19块,其中'郢爰'印记金币2块、'卢币'印记金币5块、无印记金币8块、无印记楔形金饼4块和大量零碎散金,共重5187.25克——与本条完全吻合('卢币'5块=本条'卢金4块+小块卢金1块')。

Context unknown. Menxi production team, Huayuan brigade, Dongjin Township. Nineteen pieces of Chu gold money were recovered: 4 pieces of "Lu Jin," 1 small fragment of "Lu Jin," 2 pieces of "Ying Yuan," 8 unstamped gold pieces, and 4 wedge-shaped gold cakes, totaling 5,187.25 g. This is the event referred to in the literature as the "Menchaoxi team" find, one of the largest single batches of Chu gold money recovered in Shou County since the founding of the People's Republic (rivaled only by the 1986 Zhoujia Youfang batch at Zhouzhai Village). Wu Xinghan's 2005 article gives a weight breakdown by type: 4 pieces of Lu Jin, 1,042 g; 2 pieces of Ying Yuan, 522.6 g; 8 unstamped gold pieces, 2,110.3 g; 4 gold cakes, 1,502.8 g; and 1 Lu Jin fragment, 9.3 g — 5,187.2 g in total, essentially matching Xu Jianqiang's reported total of 5,187.25 g. The fineness of the Lu Jin pieces is 94-95%; all other gold-money types are 97-98% fine. China Numismatics, 1994 no. 3, whole no. 46. The same event is confirmed under the "Menxi Chu Gold-Money Findspot" entry (201-G6) in the Atlas of Chinese Cultural Relics, Anhui Volume: Menxi, Huayuan Village, Dongjin Township; Warring States period; on 9 August 1979 local farmers extracting earth found 19 large pieces of Chu gold currency, comprising 2 pieces stamped "Ying Yuan," 5 pieces stamped "Lu" money, 8 unstamped pieces, 4 unstamped wedge-shaped gold cakes, and a large quantity of loose gold fragments, totaling 5,187.25 g — fully consistent with this entry (the atlas's "5 pieces of Lu money" equals this entry's "4 Lu Jin pieces + 1 small Lu Jin fragment").

Record Classification
Coin Types
Inscriptions
郢爰(Ying Yuan)
States
(Chu)
Mints
3

门西

Menxi

Code: AH_0042_CTX001

币种构成 / Coin types

Unclassified: 19 (100%)Unclassified · 无铭文: 17 (89%)Unclassified · 郢爰: 2 (11%)
  • Unclassified19 · 100%
    • 无铭文No inscription recorded17 · 89%
    • 郢爰Ying Yuan2 · 11%