#coin

• 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.
• Bleak fish — A popular name given to several small freshwater fish species with shiny, silvery scales (bleak or minnow); a small silver coin or old change. As an adjective, it represents a diminutive form for white, denoting an object that is somewhat white or fair.
• Alfior coin — An archaic and regional name used in old Romanian documents to designate a silver coin or a florin from a specific Central European minting. In a medieval economic context, the term circulated sporadically within the extra-Carpathian space to track foreign currency.
• Alsine — A historical botanical term or archaic designation used in the past to denote the genus Stellaria (specifically Stellaria media, popularly known as chickweed) or related species in the Caryophyllaceae family. In the classical taxonomic lexicon, it described small annual herbaceous plants with fragile stems, opposite leaves, and small white flowers with divided petals, adapted to moist, cultivated soils.
• Altun — An old Ottoman gold coin, occasionally used also in the Romanian Principalities during the period of Turkish suzerainty; a high-value monetary piece made of precious metal, used in major commercial transactions, for hoarding, or for paying tribute to the Sublime Porte.
• Altunluk — An Ottoman fractional silver or billon coin, with a fixed nominal value representing a fraction of an altun (or the equivalent of six piastres / kurus); it circulated temporarily in the Balkans and the Romanian Principalities during the 18th and 19th centuries as exchange currency for daily medium-scale transactions.
• Altun — Traditional graphical variant (spelled with 'î') for 'altângea'; an old high-value Ottoman gold coin that also circulated in the Romanian Principalities, specifically used for hoarding, large-scale commercial transactions, and paying tribute to the Sublime Porte.
• Altunluk — Traditional graphical variant (spelled with 'î') for 'altângic'; an Ottoman fractional silver or billon coin, equivalent to an altunluk (six kurus), which circulated as a daily exchange instrument in the Balkans and Romanian Principalities during the 18th and 19th centuries.
• Anepigraphous — A term defining an ancient monument, a funerary stele, a coin, or an archaeological object completely lacking any inscription, written text, or engraved legend. As an adjective, it describes the structural state of a historical artifact that, although specially made to commemorate an event or serve as a medium of exchange, contains no paleographical elements, leaving its identification to style or context analysis alone.
• Anna — A historical subdivisionary monetary unit used in British India and adjacent Asian regions, representing the sixteenth part of a rupee. In the traditional metrology of the Indian subcontinent, the term also denoted a fractional unit of measurement for areas or weights, completely withdrawn from official circulation with the transition to the decimal currency system in the mid-20th century.
• 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.
• Little silver piece — An affectionate, popular, or poetic diminutive for a small silver coin or a tiny piece of this precious metal; in an ethnographic sense, the term can also refer to miniature metallic pieces used as ornaments or stitched onto traditional costumes (dowry necklaces, tiny tokens). In a figurative sense, it describes a tiny shimmer, a clean tinsel-like coating, or a natural element (such as a plant with silvery hairs or a larva) that visually recalls the texture of silver.
• 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.
• Arol coin side — An archaic and regional Romanian term attested in southern Moldova denoting the obverse (face) of a coin or medal, traditionally featuring an emblem like an eagle. By extension, it signifies an old rural gambling game similar to heads or tails.
• Arolă — A regional feminine variant and historically attested form of the noun 'arol', used identically to denote the obverse side of a coin or the traditional coin-flipping game.
• Artut coin — A designation attributed to an old silver coin of small value, which circulated in the German states and bordering regions during the Middle Ages. As an adjective, the term describes an object, a price, or a financial transaction evaluated or closely linked to this historical monetary unit, utilized in regional trade during the early medieval period.
• 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.
• Assarion — An archaic name or rare lexical variant designating an ancient monetary unit of small value (the Roman as or its subdivision) used in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire or in ancient ecclesiastical texts to translate the copper coins mentioned in the Gospels; it represents a reference term in the study of monetary circulation in the Mediterranean basin.