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After c. 90 BC, when bronze coinage was reduced to the semuncial standard, the quadrans became the lowest-valued coin in production. Surviving quadrantes from this period (though that name is not shown on the coins) typically have weights between 1.5 grams and 4 grams, perhaps depending in part on the alloy or metals contained. [1]
List of most expensive coins Price Year Type Grade Issuing country Provenance Firm Date of sale $18,900,000 1933 1933 double eagle: MS-65 CAC United States: King Farouk of Egypt: Sotheby's [1] June 8, 2021 $12,000,000 1794 Flowing Hair dollar: SP-66 CAC United States Neil, Carter Private sale [2] January 24, 2013 $9,360,000 1787 Brasher ...
Herodian coinage were coins minted and issued by the Herodian Dynasty, Jews of Idumean descent who ruled the province of Judaea between 37 BC – 92 AD. The dynasty was founded by Herod the Great who was the son of Antipater, a powerful official under the Hasmonean King Hyrcanus II.
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 size of a particular metal is used as a method of evaluating value, as opposed to the value being determined by the specific type of coin.
Coin of Pontius Pilate from 29 AD depicting a Roman simpulum and ears of barley. Valerius Gratus was Prefect of Judaea under the Emperor Tiberius. Gratus issued several different types of coins in as many years. The symbols represented on his coins included palm branches, lilies, cornucopia, grape leaves and amphorae. [9]
Austrian gold ducat depicting Kaiser Franz-Josef, c. 1910. The ducat (/ ˈ d ʌ k ə t /) coin was used as a trade coin in Europe from the later Middle Ages to the 19th century. Its most familiar version, the gold ducat or sequin containing around 3.5 grams (0.11 troy ounces) of 98.6% fine gold, originated in Venice in 1284 and gained wide international acceptance over the centuries.
The name of the coin of Azerbaijan comes from the word kopeck – gapik (Azerbaijani: qəpik, 1 ⁄ 100 manat). No country's kopeck is currently subdivided, although the denga ( 1 ⁄ 2 kopeck) and polushka ( 1 ⁄ 4 kopeck) were minted off and on for centuries, until the fall of the Romanov dynasty in February 1917 (O.S.)/March 1917 (N.S.).
The denomination values and common imagery on silver coinage was as follows, with the denomination based on the Obol and image most common on the coin: [2] 1 Obol: Anchor and Bow and Quiver. 2 Diobol: Bow and Quiver; 3 Hemidrachm: 6 Drachm: Anchor; 24 Tetradrachm: Elephant walking; Coins with the head of Zeus on the reverse and Athena in ...