historical coin
C8587
concept
A historical coin is a piece of currency from a past era whose physical characteristics, inscriptions, and context of use provide insight into the economic, political, and cultural history of the society that produced it.
Observed surface forms (9)
- historical currency unit ×4
- coin ×3
- Achaemenid imperial coinage ×1
- Byzantine gold coin ×1
- ancient coin ×1
- ancient monetary unit ×1
- medieval gold coin ×1
- medieval silver coin ×1
- numismatic object ×1
Instances (12)
- Seated Liberty dollar via concept surface "numismatic object"
- Aragonese florin via concept surface "medieval gold coin"
- Gulden via concept surface "coin"
- shekel (weight-based) via concept surface "ancient monetary unit"
- tanka via concept surface "medieval silver coin"
- hyperpyron via concept surface "Byzantine gold coin"
- Kandyan massa via concept surface "coin"
- Two Sicilies piastra via concept surface "historical currency unit"
- Greek drachma (Latin Monetary Union) via concept surface "historical currency unit"
- daric via concept surface "ancient coin"
- Milanese scudo via concept surface "historical currency unit"
- Neapolitan ducat via concept surface "coin"