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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

coins

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

ObjectType

Connected records

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Mint: York (Possibly)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Elder (899-924)
Moneyer: Gunter
Production place: Northeast Mercia/east midlands (Possible)

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Mint: York

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Eadred (946-55)
Moneyer: Nothel
Production place: East Anglia/east midlands

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Burgred (852-74)
Moneyer: Guthhere
Mint: London

Medieval

Maker(s)

Mint: Dublin

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Eadwig (955-9)
Moneyer: Godserres

Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Moneyer: Godric
Mint: Huntingdon

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: St. Edmund
Moneyer: Winegar (?)

An image of Halfpenny

Halfpenny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Olaf Guthfrithsson (939–41)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Moneyer: man
Mint: Canterbury

Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelstan (c.924/5-39)
Moneyer: Bioca
Production place: Mercia/Wessex

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (First reign, 840/1–4)
Moneyer: Wendelbeorht

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (AD 978–1016)
Moneyer: Eadweald
Mint: Canterbury

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ecgberht (802–39)
Moneyer: Swefheard
Mint: Canterbury

Medieval

Maker(s)

Mint: Dublin

Penny

Maker(s)

Mint: York

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (First reign, 840/1–4)
Moneyer: Forthræd

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Moneyer: Godwine
Mint: Bedford

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelstan (c.924/5-39)
Moneyer: Earnwulf
Production place: Mercia/Wessex

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Confessor (1042-66)
Moneyer: Dunning
Mint: Hastings

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edward the Elder (899-924)
Moneyer: Deorweald
Production place: Wessex

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