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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 Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Mansur (754-75)
Mint: Madinat al-Salam

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sebuktegin (977-97)
Ruler: Mansur I (961-76) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: Farwan

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mu‘izz al-Dawla (939-67)
Mint: Al-Basra
Mint: Basra

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Rashid (786-809)
Mint: Madinat Balkh

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Muhammad (Amir of Sindh)
Mint: Mansura (Inferred)
Mint: Mansura (Sindh)

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Kayqubadh I (1219-36)
Mint: Siwas
Mint: Sivas

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Muzaffar al-Din (1295-1303)
Ruler: Ghazan Mahmud (1295-1304) (Struck in the name of)
Ruler: Ilkhan (With the title of)
Mint: Kirman

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Nasir ‘Ali (1009-18)
Mint: Ceuta

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Rashid (786-809)
Mint: Al-Basra
Mint: Basra

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Badr al-Din Lu'lu' (1233-58)
Mint: Al-Mawsil
Mint: Mosul

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Ala al-Din Muhammad (1200-20)
Mint: Tirmidh
Mint: Termez

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Kayqubadh I (1219-36)
Mint: Siwas
Mint: Sivas

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mu‘izz al-Din Muhammad b. Sam (1171-1206)
Ruler: Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad b. Sam (1163-1203)
Mint: Ghazna
Mint: Ghazni

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Kayqubadh I (1219-36)
Mint: Siwas
Mint: Sivas

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Ala al-Din Muhammad (1200-20)
Mint: Farwan

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Zahir Ghazi (1186-1216)
Mint: Halab
Mint: Aleppo

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-‘Adil Abu Bakr I (1196-1218)
Mint: al-Qahira
Mint: Cairo

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Ala al-Din Muhammad (1200-20)
Mint: Tirmidh
Mint: Termez

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Mustakfi (944-46)
Ruler: Abu al-Hasan Muhammad (Struck in the name of)
Ruler: chief amir (With the title of)
Mint: Madinat al-Salam

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Zahir Ghazi (1186-1216)
Mint: Halab
Mint: Aleppo

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Najm al-Din Ghazi I (1239-61)
Mint: Maridin
Mint: Mardin

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Hakam I (796-822)
Mint: Al-Andalus

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Amin (808-13)
Mint: Madinat al-Salam

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mu‘izz al-Din Muhammad b. Sam (1171-1206)
Ruler: Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad b. Sam (1163-1203)
Mint: Ghazna
Mint: Ghazni

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