Ancient & Historical Currencies

Currencies from ancient and pre-modern periods. 74 entries.

ANTAntigonid Coin (Antigonid Macedonia Coinage)

Macedonian Territories / Northern Greece / Balkans

ARBAramaic Coin (Aramaic States Coinage)

Aramaic Territories / Syria / Middle East

ASSAs Romanus (Roman Copper Coin)

Roman Empire

AUJAureus Justinianus (Late Byzantine Gold Coin)

Byzantine Empire / Eastern Mediterranean

AURAureus Romanus (Roman Gold Coin)

Roman Empire

AXUAxum Coin (Aksumite Empire Coinage)

Aksum / Ethiopia / East Africa

BANBan Chinese (Ancient Chinese Knife Money)

Ancient China / Northern China

BEIBei Chinese (Ancient Chinese Shell Money)

Ancient China / Pre-coinage Era

BRIBritannic Coin (Ancient British Tribal Coinage)

Pre-Roman Britain / Celtic Britain

BYBByblian Coin (Phoenician Byblos Coinage)

Byblos / Phoenicia / Mediterranean

BZNBezantus Byzantinus (Byzantine Coin in Western Medieval Commerce)

Byzantine Empire / Mediterranean Trade

CHAChahar Coin (Characene Kingdom Coinage)

Characene / Mesopotamia / Gulf Region

CHRChalkous Graecus (Ancient Greek Copper Coin)

Ancient Greece / Mediterranean

CORCorinth Coin (Corinthian City-State Coinage)

Corinth / Greek City-States / Mediterranean

DACDacian Coin (Dacian Kingdom Coinage)

Dacia / Eastern Europe / Pre-Roman Romania

DENDenarius Romanus (Roman Silver Coin)

Roman Empire

DINDinar Ommayyad (Islamic Golden Age Gold Coin)

Islamic Caliphate / Islamic World

DIRDirham Abbasid (Islamic Medieval Silver Coin)

Islamic Caliphate / Islamic World

DRADrachma Attike (Ancient Greek Silver Coin)

Ancient Greece / Hellenistic Mediterranean

DUKDukatus Venetianus (Venetian Ducat)

Venice / Mediterranean Trade Network

EMEEmesene Coin (Emesa Kingdom Coinage)

Emesa / Syria / Middle East

ETREtruscan Coin (Etruscan Civilization Coinage)

Etruria / Pre-Roman Italy

FLRFlorinus Florentine (Florentine Florin)

Florence / Central Italy / European Trade

FLSFils Islamic (Islamic Small Bronze Denomination)

Islamic World / Medieval Islamic Territories

GADGadara Coin (Decapolis City Coinage)

Gadara / Decapolis / Middle East

GALGallic Coin (Celtic/Gallic Tribal Coinage)

Gaul / Celtic Territories / Pre-Roman France

GLDGulden Medieval (Central European Medieval Gold Coin)

Central Europe / Holy Roman Empire / Northern Europe / Eastern Europe

HANHan Chinese (Han Dynasty Coinage System)

Han Dynasty China / Imperial China

HUIHui Chinese (Ancient Chinese Round Coin Money)

Ancient China / Eastern China

HUNHunni Coin (Hunnish/Steppe Coinage)

Central Asian Steppes / Eastern Europe

IBEIberian Coin (Iberian Peninsula Pre-Roman Coinage)

Iberian Peninsula / Pre-Roman Spain

JANJanissary Ottoman (Ottoman Empire Early Coinage)

Ottoman Empire / Turkish Territories

KRNKrona Scandinavicus (Scandinavian Medieval Coin)

Scandinavia / Sweden / Denmark / Nordic Region

KUSKushana Dinar (Kushan Empire Gold Coin)

Kushan Empire / Central Asia / Silk Road

LEPLepton Biblicus (Ancient Jewish Small Coin)

Judea / Palestine / Jewish Territories

MARMaratha Coin (Maratha Empire Coinage)

Maratha Territory / India

MERMeroe Coin (Meroitic Kingdom Coinage)

Meroe / Nubia / Sudan

MINMina Graeca (Ancient Greek Silver Unit)

Ancient Greece / Mediterranean

MRKMark Hanseatic (Medieval Hanseatic Trade Currency)

Hanseatic League / North Germany / Baltic Trade Network

MYNMynz Arabic (Early Islamic Coinage Evolution)

Islamic World / Mediterranean Regions

MYRMyriapodion (Large Hellenistic Gold Coin)

Hellenistic Mediterranean / Successor States

NABNabataean Coin (Nabataean Kingdom Coinage)

Nabataean Arabia / Middle East

NOMNomisma Byzantinum (Byzantine Accounting Unit and Monetary Standard)

Byzantine Empire / Eastern Mediterranean

OBLObol Graecus (Ancient Greek Small Silver Coin)

Ancient Greece / Mediterranean

OBOObolos Makedone (Macedonian Small Silver Coin)

Macedon / Northern Greece

PALPalmyran Coin (Palmyra Trade City Coinage)

Palmyra / Middle East Trade Hub

PARParthian Drachma (Parthian Empire Silver Coin)

Parthian Empire / Persia / Central Asia

PENPenny Englishus (English Medieval Coin)

England / Great Britain / British Empire

PRTParthian Aureus (Parthian Gold Coinage)

Parthian Empire / Persia

PSTPustaka Dharma (Ancient Indian Accounting Unit)

Ancient India / Indian Subcontinent

PTOPtolemaeus Coin (Ptolemaic Egypt Gold Coinage)

Ptolemaic Egypt / Mediterranean

QINQin Chinese (Qin Dynasty Standardized Coinage)

Qin Dynasty China / Unified China

REFReflectarius Romanus (Roman Moneyer System)

Roman Republic

RELReal Hispanicus (Spanish Silver Coin)

Spain / Spanish Empire / Global Trade (Colonial Americas, Asia)

RHORhodian Coin (Rhodes City-State Coinage)

Rhodes / Aegean / Mediterranean

RILRial Persicus (Persian Medieval Silver Coin)

Persia / Persian Empire / Iran

SAKSakastan Coin (Scythian/Central Asian Coinage)

Scythian Territories / Central Asia / Eastern Persia

SASSassanid Drachma (Sassanid Persian Silver Coin)

Sassanid Persia / Persian Empire

SATSatrapia Persica (Persian Satrap Coinage System)

Persian Achaemenid Empire

SELSeleucid Coin (Seleucid Empire Coinage)

Seleucid Territories / Middle East / Mediterranean

SESSestertius Romanus (Roman Bronze Coin)

Roman Empire

SHLShekel Biblicus (Ancient Hebrew Monetary Unit)

Judea / Israel / Jewish Territories

SIDSidon Coin (Phoenician Sidon Coinage)

Sidon / Phoenicia / Mediterranean

SLBSolidus Byzantinus (Byzantine Gold Coin)

Byzantine Empire

SOUSong Chinese (Song Dynasty Coinage and Paper Money)

Song Dynasty China

SOUSou Francais (French Medieval Coin)

France / Holy Roman Empire / European Trade

STLStater Lydicus (Lydian Coin)

Lydia / Anatolia (Modern Turkey)

STRStater Makedone (Macedonian Gold Coin)

Macedon / Hellenistic Mediterranean

TALTalent Graecus (Ancient Greek Accounting Unit)

Ancient Greece / Mediterranean

TAOTang Chinese (Tang Dynasty Gold and Silver Coinage)

Tang Dynasty China / Imperial China

TAOTao Chinese (Ancient Chinese Spade Money)

Ancient China / Warring States

TEMTemo Buddhicus (Ancient Buddhist Monastery Coinage)

Buddhist Asia / Silk Road Regions

TEYTyre Coin (Phoenician City Coinage)

Tyre / Phoenicia / Mediterranean

THRThaler Bohemicus (Bohemian/Germanic Silver Coin)

Bohemia / Central Europe / Scandinavia / Northern Europe