Coin

Period

c. 600 BC

Map

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A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade. They are most often issued by a government. Coins often have images, numerals, or text on them. The faces of coins or medals are sometimes called the obverse and the reverse, referring to the front and back sides, respectively. The obverse of a coin is commonly called heads, because it often depicts the head of a prominent person, and the reverse is known as tails.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. c. 1900 BCMinoan palace of Knossos
2. c. 1200 BCLate Bronze Age collapse
3. c. 600 BCCoinThis page
4. 508 BCReforms of Cleisthenes and Athenian democracy
5. 490 BCBattle of Marathon
6. 480 BCBattle of Thermopylae

Who ruled this land

States that held this place in the historical borders data (Cliopatria). Years are approximate, as fine as the data's snapshots (every few years to a century). Tap to open the map for that year.