该金币出土于一座明代万历年间(1573~1620年)墓葬中,其通体由黄金薄片锤打而成。直径38毫米,厚1毫米(见图);正面图案为单面阴打,钱文“早生天界”呈珠点状打制,中间凿有方孔,方孔四周分别饰有双重四决纹,外层末梢有卷草纹。根据其形制风格判断,该币当属厌胜钱一类,由钱文含义可知为墓葬随葬的钱。中国古代厌胜钱主要有奠基钱、上粱钱、镇库钱、墓葬钱、开炉钱、门神钱等,品类繁多,内涵 The gold coins were unearthed in a tombs of the Ming Dynasty Wanli (1573 ~ 1620), the body of which was hammer-struck by gold flakes. Diameter 38 mm, thickness 1 mm (see photo); the frontal pattern is single-sided overcast, Qian Wen “early days of heaven ” was punctate shape, the middle chisel square hole, square hole around were decorated with double four Grain, the outer end of the roll grass pattern. According to its shape to determine the style, the currency belongs to a class of boring money, the text can be seen from the meaning of money buried as a funeral. In ancient China, there are mainly laying money for money, cash on the money, the town library money, grave money, open money, door god money, a wide range of connotations