Coin

This term has 76,632 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name
Object category
Collection

Getty AAT term number

300037222

Narrower Terms used

Trade coinage
Islamic Coins
dirham

Equivalent Terms used

Created

13yrs ago

Closely matched 3rd party resources

http://nomisma.org/id/coin
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300037222
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q41207

Nomisma Definition

A coin is a small, flat, usually round piece of metal or plastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade. They are most often issued by a government.

offizielles Zahlungsmittel, zumeist aus Metall, dessen Gegenwert durch die ausgebende Autorität garantiert wird

Labels in other languages sourced via Nomisma

Coin
ﻦﻗﻭﺩ
Münze
Monnaie
Monedă
Монета
Munt
Moneta
Νόμισμα
монета

Concept type

Connected records

An image of British Isles

British Isles

Maker(s)

Ruler: Richard III (1483-85)
Mint: London

An image of Carthage

Carthaginian AE fraction of the early second century BC.

Maker(s)

An image of British Isles

British Isles

Maker(s)

Ruler: Charles I (1625-49)
Mint: Oxford

An image of United Kingdom

Thomas Simon's pattern 'petition' crown of 1663.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Charles II (1660-85)
Mint: Royal Mint
Maker: Thomas Simon (c. 1623 – 1665)

An image of Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek

Maker(s)

Ruler: Lysimachus (305 BC-281 BC) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Byzantium

An image of Kushan

Gold stater, Kushan Empire, Huvishka

Maker(s)

Ruler: Huvishka (140-83)

An image of Ancient Greek

Silver tetradrachm, Bactria, Antimachus I.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antimachos I (c. 185-70 BC)

An image of Drachm

Drachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61)
Mint: Alexandria

An image of British Isles

Oliver Cromwell, Dutch imitation of a silver portrait crown by Thomas Simon, 1658.

An image of Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek

Maker(s)

Issuer: Issa
Mint: Issa

An image of British Isles

British Isles

Maker(s)

Ruler: James II (1685-88)
Mint: Dublin

An image of Ireland

Ireland

Maker(s)

Issuer: Eire
Designer: Percy Metcalfe
Mint: Royal Mint

An image of British Isles

Oliver Cromwell, silver portrait crown by Thomas Simon, 1658.

Maker(s)

Mint: London

An image of British Isles

British Isles

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward III (1327-1377)
Mint: London

An image of Ancient Greek

Silver octobol of Juba I.

Maker(s)

An image of British Isles

British Isles

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mary I (1553-58)
Mint: Royal Mint

An image of Spain

Spain

Maker(s)

Ruler: Philip IV (1621-65)
Mint: Toledo

An image of Hepthalites

Silver drachm, Hepthalites, Kidarites.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anonymous

An image of Ireland

Ireland

Maker(s)

Issuer: Eire
Designer: Percy Metcalfe
Mint: Royal Mint

An image of Drachm

Drachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Lucius Verus (161-69)
Ruler: Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80) (Inferred)
Mint: Alexandria

An image of British Isles

British Isles

Maker(s)

Ruler: Charles I (1625-49)
Mint: Pontefract

An image of United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Maker(s)

Ruler: George V (1910-36)
Mint: Royal Mint

An image of British Isles

British Isles

Maker(s)

Ruler: Richard III (1483-85) (Issued for)
Issuer: Archbishop Rotherham (1480-1500)
Mint: York

An image of United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Maker(s)

Ruler: George V (1910-36)
Mint: Royal Mint

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