| Title: | A, numismatic |
| Original Title: | A, numismatique ou monétaire |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 1 (1751), p. 4 |
| Author: | Edme-François Mallet (biography) |
| Translator: | Mark K. Jensen [Pacific Lutheran University] |
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| Citation (MLA): | Mallet, Edme-François. "A, numismatic." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Mark K. Jensen. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2017. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.411>. Trans. of "A, numismatique ou monétaire," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 1. Paris, 1751. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Mallet, Edme-François. "A, numismatic." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Mark K. Jensen. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.411 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "A, numismatique ou monétaire," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1:4 (Paris, 1751). |
A, numismatic or monetary, on the reverse of ancient Greek coins, signifies that they were struck in the city of Argos, and sometimes in that of Athens. On consular coins [1] this letter also indicates the place of fabrication; on those of the emperors, it commonly signifies Augustus. On the reverse of the coins of the Late Empire, which was a kind of currency with exchange value used by the people, A is the sign either of a city, like Antioch, Arles, Aquileia, where there were mints, or it signifies the name of the officer presiding over the fabrication of coinage. In our gold and silver money, this letter is the mark of the coinage of Paris; and the double AA that of Metz.
1. I.e. coins of the Roman Republic.