The photo shows staff member sorting through excavated ancient coins at the Cultural Relics Protection Center of Wugang City. Recently, a large cache of ancient coins was discovered during the construction of a sewage pipeline network in the city. So far, coins spanning more than 40 reign titles have been identified, with the earliest examples dating back to the Tang Dynasty — specifically, Kaiyuan Tongbao copper coins. The collection will be displayed to the public at the Wugang Museum in the near future. (Photo/Li Jian, Hunan Daily)

The photo shows a staff member sorting through excavated ancient coins at the Cultural Relics Protection Center of Wugang City. Recently, a large cache of ancient coins was discovered during the construction of a sewage pipeline network in the city. So far, coins spanning more than 40 reign titles have been identified, with the earliest examples dating back to the Tang Dynasty — specifically, Kaiyuan Tongbao copper coins. The collection will be displayed to the public at the Wugang Museum in the near future. (Photo/Li Jian, Hunan Daily)

The photo shows staff member sorting through excavated ancient coins at the Cultural Relics Protection Center of Wugang City. Recently, a large cache of ancient coins was discovered during the construction of a sewage pipeline network in the city. So far, coins spanning more than 40 reign titles have been identified, with the earliest examples dating back to the Tang Dynasty — specifically, Kaiyuan Tongbao copper coins. The collection will be displayed to the public at the Wugang Museum in the near future. (Photo/Li Jian, Hunan Daily)

The photo shows identified ancient coins from various reign titles displayed at the Cultural Relics Protection Center of Wugang City. (Photo/Li Jian, Hunan Daily)

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government. www.enghunan.gov.cn. 

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunantoday