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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 Cash (Chinese money)

Cash (Chinese money)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Xuan Zong (1821-1850)
Mint: Dongchuan

An image of Cash (Chinese money)

Cash (Chinese money)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sheng Zu (1662-1722)
Issuer: Board of Revenue
Mint: Board of Revenue
Mint: Peking

An image of Semis

Semis

Maker(s)

Mint: Tuder

An image of Cash (Chinese money)

Cash (Chinese money)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ren Zong (1796-1820)
Issuer: Board of Revenue
Mint: Board of Revenue (West Branch)
Mint: Peking

An image of Cash (Chinese money)

Cash (Chinese money)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Xuan Zong (1821-1850)
Issuer: Board of Revenue
Mint: Board of Revenue (North Branch)
Mint: Peking

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Nero (AD 54-68) (Struck in the name of)
Ruler: Claudius (AD 41-54) (Struck in the rule of)
Mint: Thyateira
Mint: Akhisar

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Lucius Verus (161-69)
Ruler: Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80) (Inferred)
Mint: Alexandria

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)
Ruler: Livia (Struck in the name of)
Moneyer: Lucius Arrius Peregrinus
Mint: Corinth

An image of Two thirds thaler

Two thirds thaler

Maker(s)

Ruler: Jérome Napoléon (1807-13)
Mint: Clausthal
State: Westphalia

An image of Cash (Chinese money)

Cash (Chinese money)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sheng Zu (1662-1722)
Issuer: Board of Revenue
Mint: Board of Revenue
Mint: Peking

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Septimius Severus (193-211) (Inferred)
Mint: Themisonium

An image of Cash (Chinese money)

Cash (Chinese money)

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ren Zong (1796-1820)
Mint: Yunnan

An image of Tetradrachm

Tetradrachm

Maker(s)

Ruler: Kanishka I (127-47)
Place of use: Northern India

An image of 5 kopecks

5 kopecks

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alexander II (1855-81)
Mint: Ekaterinburg
State: Russia
Mint: Yekaterinburg

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Mint: Athens

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Nero (AD 54-68)
Mint: Ascalon

An image of Roman Republic

Roman Republic

Maker(s)

Mint: Rome
Moneyer: Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi
State: Rome

5 shanais

Maker(s)

State: Shakya
Place of use: Nepal

Shanai

Maker(s)

State: Gandhara
Place of use: Pakistan

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Mint: Chios

An image of Roman Provincial

Roman Provincial

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hadrian (117-38) (Inferred)
Mint: Tiberiopolis

An image of Far Eastern

Far Eastern

Maker(s)

Mint: Hamgyong Provincial Office
Mint: Hamgyong

An image of Far Eastern

Far Eastern

Maker(s)

Mint: Cholla Provincial Office
Mint: Cholla

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