东周铸币新考七则

本文对钱币学界有争议的几种东周铸币进行重新探讨后,认为小型耸肩尖足空首布、诸齐刀、铜钱牌与三孔布应分别为战国早期晋国公室、春秋末年齐田氏和战国田齐、战国鄂东南越人及战国末年代王嘉所铸。

Seven new points on Eastern Zhou coinage minting

The author presents reassessments of controversial numismatic aspects of Eastern Zhou minted coinage: that small bushou coins characterised by sloping shoulders, narrow feet and hollow tops, and all Qi state knife-shaped coins (dao), copper plaque coins and three-bore bu (sankong-bu) coinage should be ascribed respectively to the foundries of: (1) the Jin ducal royal house of the early Warring States period; (2) the Tian clan of Qi of the closing years of the Spring and Autumn and to Tian Qi of the Warring States; and (3) the Yue people of south-eastern E state in the Warring States period and to Wang Jia in the closing years of the Warring States.