双昇龙镂空花钱，辽金（公元916–1234）时期，59.3x4.1mm，重62.2g。双龙昇于缭绕祥云，聚于火珠。云龙神态霸气，极富张力。龙爪及如意云头形成菱形穿，外缘及轮边均錾刻有龙鳞。钱体厚重，似曾鎏金。该钱图案设计和铸工异常精美，品相极佳，火珠两侧挂孔略显挂用痕迹，磨损自然细腻。该钱包浆棕红色，厚处坚美熟润，薄处透显迷人金铜色，为典型辽代镂空龙特徵，可参见《中国花钱与传统文化》一书第249号之镂空单龙（方称宇著，北京商务印书馆2008年出版）。同时，此钱气息不凡，让人联想起大元国宝背龙钱，具有皇家气派。该钱迄今仅见，且初次披露，尤其珍罕。迄今仅见。另：该钱为布氏“是钱非钱：花钱的文化功能及意义”一文所用原物。该文收录于《1200-1900的亚洲钱币：社会与政治框架中的货币》一书，J.K Leonard与U. Theobald编辑，2022年布瑞尔出版社出版。
China: Liao–Jin Dynasty (916–1234 CE), openwork charm, two dragons rising in foliage-like clouds towards a fire pearl, 59.3x4.1mm, 62.2g. An absolutely stunning example from the openwork genre, clouds and claws forming discrete central hole with two hanging loops flanking the fire pearl showing signs of wear, with elaborate hand-engraved scales on the outer rim, a thick and heavy thus-far unique piece that may have been gilded, extremely rare and important. See No. 249 in Chinese Charms: Art, Religion, and Folk Belief (Fang 2008, The Commercial Press, Beijing). This is the same example that is used in Dr Burger’s article on Chinese charms entitled Coins Which are Not Money: Cultural Functions and Symbolism collected in the book Money in Asia (1200–1900): Small Currencies in Social and Political Contexts edited by Jane Kate Leonard and Ulrich Theobald, Brill 2022.
