#ancient coins
- 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.
- 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.