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  2. History of coins - Wikipedia

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    Double-die style struck coin from Ancient India, c 304-232 BCE featuring an elephant on one face and a lion on the other. Since that time, coins have been the most universal embodiment of money. These first coins were made of electrum, a naturally occurring pale yellow mixture of gold and silver that was further alloyed with silver and copper.

  3. Dupondius - Wikipedia

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    The dupondius (Latin two-pounder) was a brass coin used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire valued at 2 asses (4/5 of a sestertius or 1/5 of a denarius during the Republic and 1/2 of a sestertius or 1/8 of a denarius during the time of Augustus). The dupondius was introduced during the Roman Republic as a large bronze cast coin, although ...

  4. Nuestra Señora de Atocha - Wikipedia

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    Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Spanish: Our Lady of Atocha) was a Spanish treasure galleon and the most widely known vessel of a fleet of ships that sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622. At the time of her sinking, Nuestra Señora de Atocha was heavily laden with copper, silver, gold, tobacco, gems, and indigo from Spanish ports at ...

  5. Simon Bendall - Wikipedia

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    After finding a Roman coin as a schoolboy, Bendall became a collector, scholar and dealer in ancient coins. Upon leaving Cheltenham College, he did military service in the Royal Artillery (1956–58), partly in Germany, then studied part-time for his diploma at the Institute of Archaeology, University of London (1962-1965), while working in the coin department of Spink & Son (1959-1965).

  6. Thousands of coins — many in ancient pouches — found in 1,500 ...

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    Thousands of coins — many in ancient pouches — found in 1,500-year-old Egypt city. More than 1,500 years ago, a thriving harbor town southwest of Alexandria, Egypt, was a trading center known ...

  7. Quadrans - Wikipedia

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    Quadrans of Domitian. The quadrans (lit. 'a quarter') or teruncius (lit. 'three unciae') was a low-value Roman bronze coin worth one quarter of an as. The quadrans was issued from the beginning of cast bronze coins during the Roman Republic, showing three pellets representing three unciae as a mark of value. The obverse type, after some early ...

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