Liao "Tianzuo Emperor" and FoldEd Ten Type "Qiantong Yuanbao"
The Liao Dynasty (916-1125) was a feudal dynasty established by the Khitans in northern China in Chinese history. In 916, the Liao Taizu Yelü Abaoji unified the Khitan tribes as Khan, the state name "Khitan", and in 918, began to build a capital city, initially named the imperial capital, later called Liao Shangjing (present-day Balin Left Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region). In 2015, a tomb of Xiao Guifei of the Liao Dynasty excavated in Xiaowangligou, Duolun County, Inner Mongolia, unearthed a heaping epitaph, which clearly records the origin of the two clans of the Liao Dynasty: "Liu Shiye, the Ancestor of the Yelü Han Chamber, Married Lanling, and the Zhou King's Heavy Jiang Surname." At the same time, there are also relevant records in the "Biography of the Later Concubines of liao": "Taizu (Yelü Abaoji) Mu Hangao Emperor, so Yelü was also called Liu Shi, and he was named Xiao Shi (萧氏). ”
The "Qiantong Yuanbao" shown in the picture is collected by the Shanghai Museum, with a diameter of 47.71 mm, it belongs to the folded ten large coins, bare back, rotary reading, the qianwen style Zong Tang Kai, but rough and ancient, but also reflects the characteristics of nomadic culture, qian character writing imitates the Tang Dynasty Qianyuan qian as "乹", which was cast during the Qiantong period (1101-1110) of the Liao Tianzuo Emperor. The "LiaoShi Food Chronicle" says: "In the world of Tianzuo, new money such as Qiantong and Tianqing was minted, and the upper and lower levels were poor, and the government treasury had no surplus. This "Qiantong Yuanbao" is a currency of the late Liao Dynasty, which is rare in existence.
It is reported that in the 2010 China Guardian Autumn Auction, a folded ten-type Qiantong Yuanbao was sold for a high price of 156,000 yuan. Qiantong money is mostly small flat money, but this money is different from the usual products, it should be used for the opening of large money or town treasury, and similar to its shape is the "Great Liao Tianqing" money, which was minted during the reign of Emperor Tianzuo, and the coin minting can reflect the characteristics of the era of poor and extravagant aristocratic life in the late Liao Dynasty.