#coins
- Agorot — The plural noun form of agorot; it refers to the fractional currency unit of Israel, representing exactly one-hundredth part of an Israeli New Shekel (ILS). Coins minted in agorot denominations are actively circulated for retail and governmental transactions.
- Areate coins — An archaic or neological term used in niche numismatic studies to designate silver-plated ancient coins or monetary pieces structurally featuring a pronounced circular border or profiled area on the obverse or reverse. In an archaeological sense, the term describes bounded circular imprints or flat regions on various metallic artifacts discovered in ancient sites, serving as metric indicators for studying minting or casting techniques.
- Argenti — 1. An archaic name or plural form used in ancient commercial manuscripts to denote silver coins, thalers, or exchange pieces made of white precious metal. 2. A verbal form popularly derived from the regional verb 'a arginti', indicating the act of coating a surface with a thin layer of silver, giving pearlescent metallic reflections to an object, or, in the subjunctive mood, a desire for aesthetic transformation.
- Argenti — 1. A form of the verb 'a arginta', indicating the act of coating a surface with a protective layer of silver or imparting pearlescent metallic reflections to a natural element. 2. An archaic name or plural variant used in ancient commercial manuscripts to denote silver coins, thalers, or exchange pieces made of white precious metal.
- Artut coins — The plural form of the term artut; old silver coins of small value issued and used within Germanic and Central European territories during the medieval period. As an adjective, it describes multiple elements, prices, or monetary transactions involving the utilization or evaluation via these historical divisional units.
- Aslan — An archaic term given to Dutch silver coins (thalers or löwenthalers) engraved with a lion on the reverse, heavily used in the Romanian Principalities during the 17th and 18th centuries; by extension, the term was popularly used to denote a very strong, courageous man, an imposing leader, or a person of high status, adopting the literal meaning from the Turkish language where the word means lion.
- Astratinii — A structural archaeological and numismatic term used to denote a special type of ancient silver coins minted or discovered in the Pontic and Balkan regions, characterized by specific geometric markings resembling star rays. In niche studies, the term indicates rare monetary series issued by local confederations or specific late Hellenistic hoards used in regional commercial trade.
- Babelon — A proper name of French origin, renowned due to illustrious scholars such as Ernest Babelon (1854–1924), a famous numismatist and archaeologist, specialist in antiquity, or his son Jean Babelon, also a historian; the term serves as an academic eponym in the study of ancient coins and glyptics.