钱币学是以古钱币为主要研究对象的一门学科,这一学科在我国传统的学术研究体系中属于金石学的一个分支领域。钱币学的历史渊源颇为久远,早在南北朝时期,我国就已经出现了刘氏《钱谱》、顾炬《钱谱》等专门的钱币研究著作。在唐、宋、元、明诸朝,钱币研究一直绵延不绝,钱币研究著作也相继问世。例如唐代有封演的 Numismatics is a subject whose main object of study is ancient coins. This discipline belongs to a branch of petrology in China’s traditional academic research system. The historical origins of numismatics are quite old. As early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties, China had already appeared in the specialized coin research works such as “Qian Pu” by Liu and “Qian Pu” by Gu Ju. In the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming dynasties, coin research has been endless, coin research books have come out. For example, there is a speech in the Tang Dynasty