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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: Hadrian (117-38)
Mint: Nacrasa

An image of Tetradrachm

Tetradrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Caracalla (211-17)

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC) (Struck in the name of)
Ruler: Gordian III (238-244) (Struck in the rule of)
Place of use: Macedonia

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80) (Struck in the rule of)
Mint: Amastris
Mint: Asmasra

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Mint: Clazomenae
Mint: Kilizman

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)
Ruler: Caracalla (211-17) (Countermarked by)
Mint: Tarsus

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gordian III (238-244)
Mint: Philomelium
Mint: Ak?ehir

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Nero (AD 54-68) (Struck in the name of)
Ruler: Claudius (AD 41-54) (Struck in the rule of)
Mint: Thyateira
Mint: Akhisar

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gordian III (238-244) (Inferred)
Issuer: Marcus Aurelius Tertius
Mint: Smyrna
Mint: îzmir

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)
Mint: Trajanopolis
Mint: Ghiasour Euren

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Mint: Cnidus

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Polemon I (16 BC-8 BC) (Inferred)
Ruler: Dynamis (Inferred)
Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD) (Struck in the rule of)
Mint: Agrippia
Mint: Phanagoria

An image of Drachma

Drachma

Maker(s)

Ruler: Claudius (AD 41-54)
Mint: Lycia

An image of Tetradrachm

Tetradrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)
Mint: Nicomedia (Inferred)
Mint: Izmit

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Trebonianus Gallus (AD 251-53) (Inferred)
Mint: Blaundus

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gallienus (AD 253-68) (Inferred)
Mint: Aphrodisias

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61)
Issuer: Epithanidos
Mint: Naxos (Cyclades)

An image of Cistophorus

Cistophorus

Maker(s)

Ruler: Claudius (AD 41-54)
Mint: Ephesus
Mint: Efes

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Nero (AD 54-68)
Ruler: Claudius (AD 41-54) (Inferred)
Mint: Cidramus

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Mint: Tralles
Mint: Aidin

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Caracalla (211-17)
Mint: Antioch
Mint: Antioch in Pisidia

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80) (Inferred)
Mint: Blaundus

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Tiberius (AD 14-37) (Inferred)
Mint: Laodicea
Mint: Denizili

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80) (Inferred)
Ruler: Commodus (180-192) (Inferred)
Ruler: Crispina (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Magnesia ad Sipylum
Mint: Manisa

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