近年来对宋代钱监研究已颇有深度,涉及置废时间、铸钱数额、铸造工艺和原料来源等方面。笔者依据目前所见的实物资料,对未被人们注意的宋代钱监铸造铜镜情况试作探讨。中国古代,秦汉以后铜的最大用途是铸造流通货币——铜钱,铜钱为中国古代最重要的货币,其主要由政府设置的铸钱 In recent years, there has been quite a lot of research on the money superintendents of the Song Dynasty, involving the disposal time, the amount of money cast, the casting technology and the sources of raw materials. Based on the physical data we have seen so far, the author attempts to make a tentative discussion on the bronze mirrors that were not paid attention to in the Song Dynasty. In ancient China, since the Qin and Han dynasties, the greatest use of copper was to cast the circulating currency - copper coins, which were the most important currency in ancient China. They were mainly set by the government for casting money