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Coin

This term has 79,083 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name
Object category
Collection

Getty AAT term number

300037222

Narrower Terms used

Trade coinage
Islamic Coin
dirham

Equivalent Terms used

coins

Created

14yrs 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

ObjectType

Connected records

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Caracalla (211-17) (Inferred)
Ruler: Julia Domna (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Cadi

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gordian III (238-244)
Mint: Ephesus
Mint: Efes

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)
Mint: Ephesus
Mint: Efes

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tiberius (AD 14-37)
Ruler: Livia (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Pergamum

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Mint: Tralles
Mint: Aidin

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tiberius (AD 14-37)
Moneyer: Lucius Sempronius Gemino
Mint: Saguntum
Moneyer: Lucius Valerius Sura
Mint: Sagunt

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Trajan Decius (AD 249-51)
Mint: Samos

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gallienus (AD 253-68)
Mint: Synnada
Mint: ?uhut

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Nero (AD 54-68)
Moneyer: Tiberius Claudius Optatus
Mint: Corinth

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gallienus (AD 253-68) (Inferred)
Ruler: Valerian I (AD 253-60) (Inferred)
Ruler: Valerian II (AD 256-58) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Ephesus
Mint: Efes

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Domitian (AD 81-96)
Mint: Miletus

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Valerian II (AD 256-58)
Mint: Apameia
Mint: Apameia (Phrygia)

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Nero (AD 54-68)
Moneyer: Caius Julius Polyaenus
Mint: Corinth

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tiberius (AD 14-37) (Inferred)
Ruler: Germanicus (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Caesareia Germanica

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Domitian (AD 81-96) (Inferred)
Issuer: Myrton
Issuer: Reginus
Mint: Smyrna
Mint: îzmir

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Commodus (180-192)
Mint: Ilium
Mint: Troy, Jean François de

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Trajan Decius (AD 249-51)
Issuer: Ermolaios, Philip
Mint: Hypaepa
Mint: Gînlîce

An image of Sestertius

Sestertius

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD)
Mint: Pergamum

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD)
Mint: Tralles
Mint: Aidin

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD) (Inferred)
Ruler: Livia (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Emerita
Mint: Mîrida

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD)
Mint: Pergamum

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gordian III (238-244)
Ruler: Tranquillina (AD 241-44) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Samos

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tiberius (AD 14-37) (Struck in the rule of)
Mint: Mytilene

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Philip I (AD 244-49) (Inferred)
Ruler: Otacilia Severa (Struck in the name of)
Issuer: Aeneus
Mint: Magnesia ad Sipylum
Mint: Manisa

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