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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: Hasan (1453-78)
Mint: uncertain
Mint inferred: Hamah (Uncertain)

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Husam al-Din Yuluq Arslan (1184-1201)
Mint: No mint

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: ‘Izz al-Dawla Bakhtiyar (967-78)
Mint: uncertain

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Mutawakkil Abu Hafs ‘Umar (1068-94)
Mint: Al-Andalus

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Khusrawshah
Mint: No mint
Mint inferred: Ghazna (Uncertain)

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Mint: Wasit

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Ma'mun (810-33)
Mint: Misr

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mas‘ud b. Hasan (1161-71)
Mint: Samaraqand

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mawdud
Mint: Ghazna

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Najm al-Din Alpi (1152-76)
Mint: No mint

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Mint: Wasit

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Khusru Shah
Mint: uncertain

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Muhadhadhab al-Dawla
Mint: Al-Basra

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Faraj (1399-1405, 1406-12)
Mint: uncertain
Mint inferred: Hamah (Uncertain)

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mas‘ud al-Khwarizmi (1240-69)
Mint: Kashghar

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Chingiz Khan (1206-27)
Mint: No mint

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Mint: Wasit

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Hajji II (1381-82, 1389-90)
Otherruler: Al-Mansur (754-75)
Mint: Aleppo

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Al-Mu‘tadid ‘Abbad (1042-69)
Mint: Al-Andalus

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Mint: No mint
Mint inferred: Andaraba
Ruler: Mahmud (998-1030)
Otherruler: Caliph Al-Qadir (991-1030)

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Sha‘aban II (1363-76)
Mint: uncertain
Mint inferred: Halab (Uncertain)

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Mawdud

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

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

An image of Dirham

Dirham

Maker(s)

Ruler: Majd al Dawia
Mint: uncertain
Mint inferred: Al-Muhammadiya (Uncertain)

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