Ancient coins: History,Antique and Investment

A coin is a small, usually round piece of metal or plastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender.

It produced in large quantities in order to facilitate trade. They are most often issued by a government.

Coins are used as money in everyday transactions, circulating alongside banknotes.

Coins from ancient times are most of the times expensive investments.

Ancient coins are a historical part of human life.

Some of the historical coins:

• Drachma

Drachma was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history.

Athenian silver didrachm from the time of Peisistratos, 545–510 BC.

Greek drachma of Aegina The oldest Aegina chelone coins depicted sea turtles 700–550 BC.

Silver tetrobol from Massalia

• Sestertius

sestertius was an ancient Roman coin During the Roman Republic.

The name sestertius means “two and one half”, referring to its nominal value of two and a half asses (a bronze roman coin)

dating 211 BC

• Gold dinar

Gold dinar is an Islamic medieval gold coin first issued in AH 77 (696–697 CE) by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan.

The weight of the dinar is 4.25 grams.

The first dinars were issued by the Umayyad Caliphate.

Gold dinar of Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan minted at Damascus, Syria in (697–698 CE)

Dinar of the Mamluq sultan Baybars

• Abbasid coin

Abbasid coin, 1080s

• Ottoman coins

SULTAN MAHMUD II ,1818

Ottoman Empire, Selim I