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A coin issued by Gaius Caesar - also known as Caligula - decorated with a portrait of the Empress Agrippina and dated to A.D. 37-38 sold for about $9,295, according to the BBC.Another coin, issued ...
The three most important standards of the ancient Greek monetary system were the Attic standard, based on the Athenian drachma of 4.3 grams (2.8 pennyweights) of silver, the Corinthian standard based on the stater of 8.6 g (5.5 dwt) of silver, that was subdivided into three silver drachmas of 2.9 g (1.9 dwt), and the Aeginetan stater or didrachm of 12.2 g (7.8 dwt), based on a drachma of 6.1 g ...
The drachma was the standard unit of silver coinage at most ancient Greek mints, and the name obol was used to describe a coin that was one-sixth of a drachma. [2] The notion that drachma derived from the word for fistful was recorded by Herakleides of Pontos (387–312 BC) who was informed by the priests of Heraion that Pheidon , king of Argos ...
5-sol French coin and silver coins – New France; Spanish-American coins- unofficial; Playing cards – 1685-1760s, sometimes officially New France; 15 and a 30-deniers coin known as the mousquetaire – early 17th century New France; Gold Louis – 1720 New France; Sol and Double Sol 1738–1764; English coins early 19th century
A rare collection of ancient coins was discovered last week by Israeli researchers, who called the find an "archaeological Hanukkah miracle." The coins are more than 2,000 years old and believed ...
Photos show the ancient treasures discovered by a team of archaeologists. Thousands of coins — many in ancient pouches — found in 1,500-year-old Egypt city Skip to main content
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Coins of ancient Greece (43 P) J. Coins of Judea (3 P) P.
With a weight of roughly 4.5 grams [1] the coins were issued by most of the kings, with the king and his wife on the obverse and either king or female figure on the reverse. [4] Denominations come in 1 Denarius/Drachmae [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and a quarter [ 6 ] [ 7 ] of the unit at a weight of 1 gram on average.