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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

An image of Akçe

Akçe

Maker(s)

Ruler: Eretna (1335-52) (Struck in the rule of)
Mint: Ma‘dan
Mint: Ma´danshahr

An image of Pul

Pul

Maker(s)

Ruler: Khizr Khan (1359-61)
Mint: Saray al-Jadida

An image of Fals

Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Mansur Muhammad II (1244-84) (Struck in the rule of)
Ruler: Al-Mu‘azzam Turanshah IV (1249-50)
Mint: Hamah (Inferred)

An image of Pul

Pul

Maker(s)

Ruler: Khizr Khan (1359-61)
Mint: Gulistan
Mint: Golestan

An image of Dinar

Dinar

Maker(s)

Mint: Al-Andalus
Mint: Spain

An image of Dinar

Dinar

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Rashid (786-809)
Mint: No mint
Place of use: Middle East

An image of Dinar

Dinar

Maker(s)

Ruler: Faramurz (1041-51)
Mint: Isbahan
Mint: Isfahan

Fractional Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Rashid (786-809)
Mint: Ma‘adin al-Shash
Mint: Tashkent

Fractional Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Rashid (786-809)
Mint: uncertain
Place of use: Middle East

An image of Drachm

Drachm

Maker(s)

Issuer: Numayra b. Malik
Place of use: Iran/Iraq

Akce

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mangli Giray (1466-1514)
Mint: Kaffa

Dirhem

Maker(s)

Naor ibnAhmad (914-43)
Mint: Samarqand

Islamic

Maker(s)

Mint: Jerusalem

An image of Fals

Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Muhammad b. Sulayman
Mint: Kilwa (Inferred)

An image of Fals

Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Zubayr b.‘Umar
Mint: Mogadishu (Inferred)

An image of Fals

Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Ali b. al-Hasan
Mint: Kilwa (Inferred)

An image of Fals

Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: Kilwa (Inferred)

An image of Fals

Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: Kilwa (Inferred)

An image of Fals

Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Hasan b. Sulayman (c. 1315)
Mint: Kilwa (Inferred)

An image of Fals

Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Muhammad b. Sulayman
Mint: Kilwa (Inferred)

An image of Fals

Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Ali b. Yusuf (15th century?)
Mint: Mogadishu (Inferred)

An image of Fals

Fals

Maker(s)

Ruler: Zubayr b.‘Umar
Mint: Mogadishu (Inferred)

An image of Follis

Follis

Maker(s)

Ruler: Najm al-Din Alpi (1152-76) (Countermarked by)
Issuer: Maridin (Inferred)
Place of use: Mardin

An image of Fals

Fals

Maker(s)

Mint: Kilwa (Inferred)

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