拜占廷铸币研究中的某些误区

On the Mistakes in Research on Byzantine Coins Found in China

我国拜占延古币研究存在若干误区,首先,我国发现的拜占延金属货币以金币为主,但不能因此说拜占延人不使用银币和铜币,事实上,拜占廷社会日常生活中使用的主要是铜币。其次,拜占廷金币大多为金币,金币正背两面印模方向相对倒置不是铸币工人粗心造成的,而是拜占延金属币印模排列的常例。而拜占廷金币正面图像中舅甥同席,父子并立,甚至祖孙共坐的图像很常见。最后,鉴别拜占廷铸币时,不可就其重量、工艺、质量等方面任意制定鉴定标准,比较科学的方法是,参照目前世界主要拜占廷铸币收藏目录(或称大全),对各方面信息进行综合对照分析。

Some mistakes have been made in research on Byzantine coins found in China, with 53 golden coins, 2 silver coins and 1 copper coin. The Byzantines used copper coins in their daily life, while golden coins mainly were used as the currency of their international trade. The view that the Byzantines only used golden coins as their currency, while Persians only used the silver, came from the fact that most Byzantine coins found in China are golden. The fact that obverse and reverse of the golden coins have different directions is believed as strange by some Chinese scholars, who know little about the latest progress in the international academic circle. It is also hard for them to understand well about the images and inscriptions of those coins.