Archaeologists in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region have found a coin casting workshop and more than 1.4 million ancient coins dating back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), Guangming Daily reported on Tuesday.
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Photos show some of the ancient coins recovered from the site
[Credit: Chinanews/Zhong Xin] |
According to Inner Mongolia Institute of Archaeology, which made the excavation from August 2012 to October 2013, the ruins are located in an ancient city in Erdos.
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The excavated workshop in Inner Mongolia yielded 1.4 million Western Han Dynasty
coins as well as numerous coin casts [Credit: Chinanews/Zhong Xin] |
The new discoveries provided important information for the study of local economic and social development in ancient times.
Author: Ma Lie | Source: China Daily [Fenruary 25, 2014]
