鄂东南出土钱牌考

A RESEARCH OF THE PLATE MONEY EXCAVATED IN SOUTH-EAST OF HU BEI PROVINCE

鄂东南出土钱牌考曲毅ＡＲＥＳＥＡＲＣＨＯＦＴＨＥＰＬＡＴＥＭＯＮＥＹＥＸＣＡＶＡＴＥＤＩＮＳＯＵＴＨ－ＥＡＳＴＯＦＨＵＢＥＩＰＲＯＶＩＮＣＥ￥ＱｕＹｉＡｂｓｔｒａｃｔ：ＴｈｅｍｏｎｅｙｐｌａｔｅｗａｓｃａｓｔｉｎｔｈｅｍｉｄｄｌｅａｎｄｌａｔｅｒＰｅｒｉｏｄｏｆｔｈｅＷａｒｒｉｎｇＳｔａｔｅｓ．Ｔｈｅｉｎｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎｓｈｏｕｌｄｂｅ“ＸＩＡＮＪＩＮＹＩＺＨＵ”ｍｅａｎｓｉｔｗｏｒｔｈｅｄｏｎｅｚｈｕｏｆｇｏｌｄ．ＩｔｗａｓｔｈｅｃｕｒｒｅｎｃｙｏｆＣｈｕＳｔａｔｅ．Ｔｈｅｒａｔｉｏｏｆｇｏｌｄａｎｄｂｒｏｎｚｅｗａｓ１：４９（ｇｒａｍ）ｉｎＣｈｕＳｔａｔｅｄｕｒｉｎｇｔｈｅｌａｔｅＷａｒｒｉｎｇＳｔａｔｅｓＰｅｒｉｏｄ．近年湖北鄂东南出土资料中，有铜质长方形蟠曲云纹，世人称之钱牌的一种货币。有关钱谱对此钱看法多不一致，为此，我们根据有关文献和出土资料，对钱牌的时代、国属、市铭、比值等问题略作小考。一、钱牌概述与时代钱牌最初由清道光年间诸城刘燕庭得“良金四朱、良金一朱”各一块于陕西，编入《长安获古编》和《古泉苑》。均未作考释，随后《古泉汇考》、《古泉汇》、《客斋集古录》、《奇觚室吉金文述》

Abstract:The money plate was cast in the middle and later Period of the Warring States. The inscription should be“XIAN JIN YI ZHU”means it worthed one zhu of gold.It was the currency of Chu State.The ratio of gold and bronze was 1:49 (gram)in Chu State during the late Warring States Period.