Silver coins ancient : Silver reed lk 150.
Silver Coins Ancient
silver coins
- Silver coins are possibly the oldest mass form of coinage in recorded history. Silver has been used as a coinage metal since the times of the Greeks. Their silver drachmas were popular trade coins.
- Code name for cocaine, a popular adjunct to the coin business during the boom years of the 1970s and 1980s. "Do you have any silver coins for sale?" Devotees often took to carrying about on their persons small nasal spray bottles filled with a mixture of cocaine and water.
- (Silver, Coin) Silver items manufactured until approximately mid-19th Century. Made from melted down European silver coins, this metal is approximately 90% silver. Because of the content of other metals, coin silver items are harder (resist bending and dents) and don’t tarnish as quickly.
ancient
- a very old person
- Showing or feeling signs of age or wear
- belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"
- Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence
- Having been in existence for a very long time
- a person who lived in ancient times
Parthian silver drachm of Phraates IV
A silver drachm coin from the Parthian kingdom, struck by Phraates IV (38-2 BC) in Susa (modern Shush, Iran). Obverse: king's bust left, wearing diadem, eagle behind with laurel-wreath, star in front. Reverse: Archer enthroned right, inscription around, mint-monogram under bow, palm branch behind throne. According to history, Phraates IV ascended the throne by having his father, King Orodes II, murdered, then slaughtered all thirty of his brothers and their families to secure his claim to the throne. If the cruel portrait on his coins is accurate, I find the historical accounts extremely plausible. Coin from my collection, photo courtesy Chris Hopkins.
Parthian silver coins
Silver coins of the Parthian king Orodes II (57- 38 BC). From left to right are an obol, a diobol, drachm, and tetradrachm. The obol weighs about half a gram, while the tetradrachm is about 16 grams.