穆店南窑庄Nanyaozhuang, Mudian

窖藏，1982年发现，为一处战国至西汉初年黄金货币窖藏，放置于一件战国铜壶中；郢爰编号3号至13号共11块，印记数目和重量均为江苏历次发现之最（3号54印6半、610g，4号35印11半、466.30g，为体量最大两块）；各块印记与重量：3号54印6半610g、4号35印11半466.30g、5号11印6半251.30g、6号12印9半295.50g、7号10印8半275.70g、8号4印12半257.60g、9号6印9半252.50g、10号13印7半261.90g、11号16印2半225.40g、12号12印4半258.40g、13号10印1半124.8g；同出的有西汉武帝时期金币：圆形金饼10块、麟趾金7块、马蹄金8块，共重7663.4克（含郢爰在内的全部黄金合计，郢爰部分总重3279.4克）；南京博物院藏；系江苏出土楚国货币中规模最大、最重要的一批发现。中国文物地图集江苏分册"南窑庄金、铜器窖藏"条（133-G2）核实此窖藏并补充重要细节：穆店乡马湖村南窑庄，1982年2月10日发现，窖藏距地表深1.4米，窖穴下部周壁直径2米，残深0.6米；出土镶嵌金银镂空网套饰壶，壶内装有36件楚汉黄金铸币——郢爰、麟趾金、马蹄金，壶口盖着一只重达9000克的金兽形权，另有一件铜盆倒扣在铜壶上罩住金兽（《文物》1982年第11期）。铜壶（G2-1）由器身和外套合成，侈口束颈弧肩收腹平底，外套由肩腹两组镂空铜丝网套（96条长龙与576枚梅花钉交错编缀浇铸而成）、横箍及圈足座组成，横箍上饰兽面衔环和立兽形竖环耳各4个，兽面额上原嵌绿松石，衔环有错金流云纹饰，虎形立兽通体错金银纹饰，壶口内沿和圈足外缘皆刻篆体铭文，据考证壶原为燕器后入齐，铭载齐人伐燕之事。金兽（G2-2）通高10.2厘米，左右长17.8厘米，前后宽16厘米，重9000克，形如豹，瞪目俯身蜷曲匍伏，颈部铸颈圈三道，头颈间有一环纽，体内空，内壁刻小篆"黄六"二字。郢爰金板（G2-3）共11块，总重量3243.4克（与本条据文物1982年第11期原文所记3279.4克有约36克出入，两说并存），最大一块长12.6厘米宽8厘米重610克，"郢爰"印记54个纵9横6另半印6个，与本条"3号54印6半610g"完全吻合。金饼（G2-4）总重7663.4克，分圜饼状金饼、麟趾金和马蹄金三种，部分正面刻有"斤八两"、"一斤二两九朱"等文字及重量数码符号。

Hoard. Discovered in 1982, a hoard of gold currency spanning the Warring States to early Western Han, placed inside a Warring-States bronze pot. The Ying Yuan pieces, numbered 3 through 13 (11 pieces total), have the highest impression counts and weights of any find yet made in Jiangsu (piece 3: 54 full + 6 half impressions, 610 g; piece 4: 35 full + 11 half impressions, 466.30 g -- the two largest pieces). Impressions and weights of each piece: #3, 54 full + 6 half, 610 g; #4, 35 full + 11 half, 466.30 g; #5, 11 full + 6 half, 251.30 g; #6, 12 full + 9 half, 295.50 g; #7, 10 full + 8 half, 275.70 g; #8, 4 full + 12 half, 257.60 g; #9, 6 full + 9 half, 252.50 g; #10, 13 full + 7 half, 261.90 g; #11, 16 full + 2 half, 225.40 g; #12, 12 full + 4 half, 258.40 g; #13, 10 full + 1 half, 124.8 g. Found together with Western-Han-dynasty (Emperor Wu era) gold coinage: 10 round gold cakes, 7 "unicorn-hoof gold" pieces, and 8 horse-hoof gold pieces, totaling 7,663.4 g (the combined weight of all the gold including the Ying Yuan; the Ying Yuan portion alone totals 3,279.4 g). Held by the Nanjing Museum; this is the largest and most important single find of Chu currency yet made in Jiangsu. The "Nanyaozhuang Gold-and-Bronze Hoard" entry (133-G2) in the Atlas of Chinese Cultural Relics, Jiangsu Volume, verifies this hoard and adds important detail: Nanyaozhuang, Mahucun, Mudian Township; found February 10, 1982; the hoard lay 1.4 m below the surface, in a pit 2 m in diameter at its lower wall and 0.6 m in surviving depth. A gold-and-silver openwork mesh-mounted decorative pot was recovered, containing inside it 36 pieces of Chu-and-Han gold coinage -- Ying Yuan, "unicorn-hoof gold," and horse-hoof gold; the pot's mouth was capped by a 9,000-gram gold beast-shaped weight, and a bronze basin was found inverted over the bronze pot, covering the gold beast (Wenwu, 1982 no. 11). The bronze pot (G2-1) combines a body and an outer casing: a flared mouth, a constricted neck, curved shoulders, a tapering belly, and a flat base; the outer casing consists of two openwork bronze-wire mesh sleeves at the shoulder and belly (cast interwoven from 96 long dragons and 576 plum-blossom rivets), a horizontal hoop, and a ring-foot base. The horizontal hoop is decorated with 4 taotie-mask ring handles and 4 upright beast-shaped loop handles; the taotie masks originally had turquoise inlay on the forehead, the ring handles bear gold-inlaid scrolling-cloud decoration, and the tiger-shaped upright beasts are decorated overall with gold-and-silver inlay. Seal-script inscriptions are carved on both the inner rim of the pot's mouth and the outer edge of the ring foot; scholarship suggests the pot was originally a Yan vessel that later passed to Qi, its inscription recording the Qi conquest of Yan. The gold beast (G2-2) stands 10.2 cm tall overall, 17.8 cm long, and 16 cm wide, weighing 9,000 g, shaped like a leopard, glaring and crouching in a coiled posture; three collar bands are cast around its neck, with a ring fitting between the head and neck; it is hollow inside, with the small-seal characters "Huang Liu" (yellow six) incised on the interior wall. The Ying Yuan gold plates (G2-3) number 11 pieces, totaling 3,243.4 g (about 36 g different from this entry's figure of 3,279.4 g per the original Wenwu 1982 no. 11 report; both figures are kept). The largest piece is 12.6 cm long and 8 cm wide, weighing 610 g, with 54 "Ying Yuan" impressions arranged 9 by 6 plus 6 half impressions -- fully consistent with this entry's "#3, 54 full + 6 half impressions, 610 g." The gold cakes (G2-4) total 7,663.4 g, comprising three kinds -- round disc-shaped gold cakes, "unicorn-hoof gold," and horse-hoof gold -- some bearing incised characters such as "one jin eight liang" or "one jin two liang nine zhu" along with numeral weight marks on the face.