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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: Philip I (AD 244-49)
Ruler: Otacilia Severa (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Ancyra
Mint: Ankara

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Septimius Severus (193-211) (Inferred)
Ruler: Julia Domna (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Tabae
Mint: Tavas

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Domitian (AD 81-96)
Ruler: Domitia (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Nysa

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Macrinus (AD 217-18) (Uncertain)
Mint: Metropolis
Mint: Metropolis (Anatolia)

An image of Didrachm

Didrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38)
Mint: Caesareia
Mint: Caesarea (Cappadocia)

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

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

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Augustus (27BC-14AD)
Moneyer: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Mint: Nemausus
Mint: Nîmes

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Septimius Severus (193-211) (Inferred)
Ruler: Caracalla (211-17) (Inferred)
Ruler: Julia Domna (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Ephesus
Mint: Efes

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Philip II (AD 247-49)
Mint: Hierapolis
Mint: Ephesus

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61) (Inferred)
Mint: Apameia
Mint: Apameia (Phrygia)

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80)
Mint: Nicaea
Mint: Iznik

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Trajan Decius (AD 249-51)
Mint: Antioch
Mint: Antioch in Pisidia

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gallienus (AD 253-68)
Mint: Antioch ad Maeandrum

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: Gallienus (AD 253-68)
Issuer: Marcus Aurelius Sextus
Mint: Smyrna
Mint: îzmir

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Caracalla (211-17)
Mint: Adramyteum
Mint: Edremit

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

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Caracalla (211-17)
Mint: Laodicea
Mint: Smyrna

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gordian III (238-244)
Mint: Antioch
Mint: Antioch in Pisidia

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Caligula (AD 37-41) (Inferred)
Mint: Aphrodisias

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Septimius Severus (193-211)
Mint: Hypaepa
Mint: Gînlîce

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Gallienus (AD 253-68)
Mint: Perge

An image of Three asses

Three asses

Maker(s)

Mint: Chios

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