Coin collecting developed in China during the Song dynasty (ad 960–1279). This passion originated in the imperial court's enthusiasm for the past and antiquities. Coins are scholarly antiques par excellence: their appreciation requires a certain cultural background, because they are above all historical objects. Coins are also appreciated and collected as aesthetic objects
The term ‘antiquarianism’ is increasingly being deployed as an analytical heuristic for comparing di...
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford holds a substantial collection of coins from all over the world from ...
Currency was invented in the commodity exchange, and its institution was relied on the development o...
Collecting China's ancient coins can be a very worthwhile and rewarding experience. While at fi...
East Asian monetary history is closely linked to that of China. The Chinese monetary system was used...
Ivan Skušek Jr. (1877–1947), whose collection of Chinese and Japanese objects has been the subject o...
The inspiration behind the pre-modern bronze round coinage standardised across China by the First Em...
This study attempts to throw light on coin circulation in East Eurasia through a comparison of diffe...
Study of coins, by R. S. Poole.--Greek coins, by B. V. Head.--Roman coins, by H. A. Grueber.--The co...
The collection of East Asian coins at the American Numismatic Society (ANS) is one of the most impor...
International audienceThis paper gives a short overview of the diversity of amulets in China by pres...
The Ch’u government minted first lead coins to replace the bronze coins which it had sucked out of c...
Since its discovery in 1874 by Sir Douglas Forsyth, the so-called Sino-Kharoṣṭhī coins have been col...
Coin collecting dates back to antiquity, when coins were sought after or purchased primarily as inve...
The pursuit of antiquity was important for scholarly artists in constructing their knowledge of hist...
The term ‘antiquarianism’ is increasingly being deployed as an analytical heuristic for comparing di...
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford holds a substantial collection of coins from all over the world from ...
Currency was invented in the commodity exchange, and its institution was relied on the development o...
Collecting China's ancient coins can be a very worthwhile and rewarding experience. While at fi...
East Asian monetary history is closely linked to that of China. The Chinese monetary system was used...
Ivan Skušek Jr. (1877–1947), whose collection of Chinese and Japanese objects has been the subject o...
The inspiration behind the pre-modern bronze round coinage standardised across China by the First Em...
This study attempts to throw light on coin circulation in East Eurasia through a comparison of diffe...
Study of coins, by R. S. Poole.--Greek coins, by B. V. Head.--Roman coins, by H. A. Grueber.--The co...
The collection of East Asian coins at the American Numismatic Society (ANS) is one of the most impor...
International audienceThis paper gives a short overview of the diversity of amulets in China by pres...
The Ch’u government minted first lead coins to replace the bronze coins which it had sucked out of c...
Since its discovery in 1874 by Sir Douglas Forsyth, the so-called Sino-Kharoṣṭhī coins have been col...
Coin collecting dates back to antiquity, when coins were sought after or purchased primarily as inve...
The pursuit of antiquity was important for scholarly artists in constructing their knowledge of hist...
The term ‘antiquarianism’ is increasingly being deployed as an analytical heuristic for comparing di...
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford holds a substantial collection of coins from all over the world from ...
Currency was invented in the commodity exchange, and its institution was relied on the development o...