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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1467026, member: 4381&quot;]<a href="http://www.silk-road.com/newsletter/vol3num2/4_ying.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silk-road.com/newsletter/vol3num2/4_ying.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.silk-road.com/newsletter/vol3num2/4_ying.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is pretty interesting actually</p><p><br /></p><p>Solidi in China and Monetary Culture along the Silk Road</p><p><br /></p><p>[h=3]Lin Ying <img src="http://www.silk-road.com/newsletter/vol3num2/images/vol3n2/linying.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/h]&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.silk-road.com/newsletter/vol3num2/images/vol3n2/linfig1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <i>Fig. 1. Solidus of Justin II unearthed at Dizhangwan.</i></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; n the summer of 1953, a group of archaeologists from the Shanxi Institute&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of Historical Relics and Archaeology arrived at Dizangwan, a small village near&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Xianyang city, where they excavated the tomb of Dugu Luo (534-599), a high official&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; in the Sui period (581-618). The yellow soil yielded a small gold coin [Fig.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1], quite different in appearance from ancient Chinese coins [Fig. 2]. When&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; it was sent to Beijing the following year to display in a national exhibition&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of newly discovered artifacts, the noted archaeologist and historian Xia Nai&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; identified it as a solidus of Byzantine emperor Justin II (565- 578).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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