Study of the silver coins along the Silk Road from the Lafu Queke Cemetery Xinjiang China

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	Study of the silver coins along the Silk Road from the Lafu Queke Cemetery Xinjiang China
	Ma, Ding 1,2; Li, Chao 3; Zhang, Jihao 3; Reheman, Kuerban 4; Luo, Wugan 2,5
	2025-11-19
发表期刊	NPJ HERITAGE SCIENCE
卷号	13 期号:1 页码:10
通讯作者	Luo, Wugan(xiahua@ucas.ac.cn)
摘要	This study presents the first scientific analysis of medieval silver coins discovered along the Silk Road in China, focusing on all nine such coins (5th-7th centuries CE) excavated from the Lafu Queke cemetery in Hami, Xinjiang. Based on the typology, six are identified to be Sasanian coins, including rare coins issued by Jamasp and Yazdgird III. The chemical composition of eight coins matches known Sasanian silver coins, while the other one, possibly from the Western Turkic Khaganate, contains a much higher gold level. Sampling analyses were conducted on two severely damaged coins, which were nearly unidentifiable, to ascertain their composition, microstructure, and provenance. These analyses suggest they were likely minted by the Sasanians. Consequently, the hypothesis, proposed by certain scholars, that oasis cities along the Silk Road in China possessed the capability to mint counterfeit Sasanian coins, remains unsupported by the evidence from the excavation of Lafu Queke cemetery.
DOI	10.1038/s40494-025-02174-z
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	The National Social Science Fund of China[22BKG043]###3576
项目资助者	The National Social Science Fund of China
WOS研究方向	Arts & Humanities - Other Topics ; Chemistry ; Materials Science ; Spectroscopy
WOS类目	Humanities, Multidisciplinary ; Chemistry, Analytical ; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary ; Spectroscopy
WOS记录号	WOS:001618131500001
出版者	SPRINGER
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/25166
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Luo, Wugan
作者单位	1.Natl Ctr Archaeol, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Natl Res Ctr Geoanal, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Hami Museum, Hami, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origin, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ma, Ding,Li, Chao,Zhang, Jihao,et al. Study of the silver coins along the Silk Road from the Lafu Queke Cemetery Xinjiang China[J]. NPJ HERITAGE SCIENCE,2025,13(1):10.
APA	Ma, Ding,Li, Chao,Zhang, Jihao,Reheman, Kuerban,&Luo, Wugan.(2025).Study of the silver coins along the Silk Road from the Lafu Queke Cemetery Xinjiang China.NPJ HERITAGE SCIENCE,13(1),10.
MLA	Ma, Ding,et al."Study of the silver coins along the Silk Road from the Lafu Queke Cemetery Xinjiang China".NPJ HERITAGE SCIENCE 13.1(2025):10.