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  2. Troll - Wikipedia

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    A troll is a being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings. In later Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from ...

  3. History of coins - Wikipedia

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    Coins are a major archaeological source of history. Coins convey information about language, administration, religion, economic conditions, and the ruler who minted those coins. [1] Coins were first made of scraps of metal by hitting a hammer positioned over an anvil. The Chinese produced primarily cast coinage, and this spread to South-East ...

  4. Viking coinage - Wikipedia

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    Viking coin hoard found between 1992 and 2000, likely minted between 923 and 925 within the Danelaw kingdoms. [1] Early medieval coin, East Anglian Viking penny. Viking coinage was used during the Viking Age of northern Europe. Prior to the usage and minting of coins, the Viking economy was predominantly a bullion economy, where the weight and ...

  5. Glossary of numismatics - Wikipedia

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    Collection. Numismatics portal. Money portal. v. t. e. This glossary of numismatics is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to numismatics and coin collecting, as well as sub-fields and related disciplines, with concise explanations for the beginner or professional. Numismatics (ancient Greek: νομισματική, meaning ...

  6. Category:Medieval currencies - Wikipedia

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    Cash (Chinese coin) Cash (currency) Ceiniog. Chinese cash (currency unit) Chipotenses. Coinage of Asia. Coinage of the Republic of Siena. Coinage of the Republic of Venice. Columnarios.

  7. Coinage of the Republic of Venice - Wikipedia

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    Although there is no information about coinage in what was the Duchy of Venice (a semi-independent entity within the Byzantine Empire from which the Republic of Venice originated), ancient historians such as Andrea Dandolo and Marin Sanudo mention that the privilege of coinage was given to Venice by the kings of Italy Rudolph II (in 921) and Berengar II (in 950); however, it is more likely ...

  8. Achaemenid coinage - Wikipedia

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    Early coinage of Western Asia under the Achaemenid Empire. Coin type of Croesus, the Croeseid, minted in Lydia, under the rule of Cyrus the Great to Darius I. Circa 545–520. It only weighs 8.06 g, compared to the standard 10.7 grams of the Croeseid. [6] When Cyrus the Great (550–530 BC) came to power, coinage was unfamiliar in his realm.

  9. Bernard Gui - Wikipedia

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    October 1324. Predecessor. Juan Fernández de Sotomayor. Successor. Rodrigo Ibáñez. Bernard Gui (French: [ɡi]), also known as Bernardo Gui or Bernardus Guidonis (c. 1261/62 – 30 December 1331), was a Limousin Dominican friar, Bishop of Lodève, and a papal inquisitor during the later stages of the Medieval Inquisition.