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Coin

This term has 79,083 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name
Object category
Collection

Getty AAT term number

300037222

Narrower Terms used

Trade coinage
Islamic Coin
dirham

Equivalent Terms used

coins

Created

14yrs 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

Tetradrachm

Maker(s)

Mint: Athens

Stater

Maker(s)

Mint: Leucas (Uncertain)

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Tenedos

Stater

Maker(s)

Mint: Corinth

Didrachm

Maker(s)

Mint: Hyria
Mint: Oria

Stater

Maker(s)

Mint: Leucas
Mint: Lefkada

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Myrina

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Amisus
Mint: Samsun

Greek

Maker(s)

Issuer: uncertain

Didrachm

Maker(s)

Mint: Naples

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Adramyteum

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Larissa

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Phocaea
Issuer: Aristoteles

Stater

Maker(s)

Mint: Corinth

Obol

Maker(s)

Mint: Allifae
Mint: Alife

Diobol

Maker(s)

Mint: Corinth

Hemidrachm

Maker(s)

Mint: Miletus
Issuer: Proxenos

Greek

Maker(s)

Mint: Agathopolis
Mint: Ahtopol

Drachm

Maker(s)

Mint: Larissa

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