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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: Alfred the Great (AD 871-99)
Moneyer: Hunferth
Mint: Canterbury
Plegmund (890-923) (Archbishop of Canterbury)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Offa (757-96)
Moneyer: Ealhmund
Mint: London (Uncertain)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alfred the Great (AD 871-99) (Inferred)
Moneyer: Winig

Penny

Maker(s)

Production place: Frisia

Penny

Maker(s)

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

Penny

Maker(s)

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

An image of Dinero

Dinero

Maker(s)

Issuer: Infante D. John (1295-c.1301)
Mint: Seville

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: uncertain

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (AD 978–1016)
Moneyer: Sigeboda
Mint: Winchester

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Eanred (810–40/1)
Moneyer: Odilo

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Cnut (1016-35)
Moneyer: Goda
Mint: Shaftsbury

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edmund (939-46)
Moneyer: Amelinc
Production place: Northeast Mercia/east midlands (I)

Penny

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edgar (959-75)
Moneyer: Folcard
Production place: East Anglia

Medieval

Maker(s)

Mint: Dublin

Penny

Maker(s)

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

Penny

Maker(s)

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

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelberht (858/60–65)
Moneyer: Dudda
Mint: Canterbury (Uncertain)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (AD 978–1016)
Moneyer: Wulfsige
Mint: Exeter

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (AD 978–1016)
Moneyer: Ásketill
Mint: Cambridge

Penny

Maker(s)

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

Penny

Maker(s)

Moneyer: Hunlaf
Wigmund (837–54) (Archbishop of York)

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelstan (c.924/5-39)
Moneyer: Eardwulf
Mint: Stafford

Penny

Maker(s)

Mint: York

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