Concept information
PREFERRED TERM
2210Authority (Numismatics)
BROADER CONCEPT
SCOPE NOTE
- The formal guarantor of the value of a coin. For civic coinages, the authority is generally presumed to be the government of the city itself. Within kingdoms and empires, the authority may be the supreme ruler (e.g. king or emperor), or an appointee (e.g. satrap or provincial governor).
SOURCE
- Meadows 2016
CONTRIBUTOR
- Katsiadakis Helen (AA)
CREATOR
- Iakovidou Athena (AA)
NOTATION
- 2210
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
URI
https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/2210
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