Southern Dynasties Ancient Chinese coinage




1 southern dynasties

1.1 song (420–79)
1.2 liang (502–556)
1.3 chen (557–89)





southern dynasties
song (420–79)

si zhu (chinese: 四銖; pinyin: sì zhū; literally: 4 zhu ) no inner rims on obverse. issued emperor wen in 430, capital @ nanking. coinage office established under chamberlain palace revenues.
xiao jian (chinese: 孝建; pinyin: xiào jiàn; literally: xiaojian period ) reverse: si zhu (chinese: 四銖; pinyin: sì zhū; literally: 4 zhu ) poor coin, many variations. issued emperor xiao 454. actual weight nearer 2 zhu. withdrawn emperor ming in 467.
jing (chinese: 景和; pinyin: jǐng hé; literally: [jing period title] )
yong guang (chinese: 永光; literally: [yong guang period title] )
liang zhu (chinese: 兩銖; literally: 2 zhu )

the last 3 small coins, weighing 2 zhu, issued emperor fei in 465. jinghe , yongguang periods lasted few months, these coins rare. song capital @ nanking.


liang (502–556)

tai qing feng le (chinese: 太清豐樂; pinyin: tài qīng fēng lè; literally: tai qing, prosperous , happy ) attributed tai qing period (547–549) of emperor wu. hoard discovered in jiangsu containing 4,000 tai qing feng le coins various other sorts of coins showing not amulet had been claimed authorities.


chen (557–89)

tai huo liu zhu (chinese: 太貨六銖; pinyin: tài huò liù zhū; literally: large coin 6 zhu ) issued emperor xuan in 579. @ first coin equivalent ten wu zhus. later value changed one, , contemporary saying cried before emperor, arms akimbo said refer discontent among people caused this. seal character liu suggests arms akimbo posture. coin withdrawn in 582 when emperor died, , wu zhus adopted. chen capital nanking.







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