08:37 Apr 3, 2007 |
English to French translations [PRO] Archaeology / Numismatique | |||||||
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4 | pellet > listel |
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3 | des épaisseurs |
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pellet > listel Explanation: Le listel est la "bordure de la pièce formant un bourrelet circulaire" Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossaire_de_la_numismatique |
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des épaisseurs Explanation: le mot "Bourrelet" donné par STL me semble convenir mais pas placé en bordure puisqu'il s'agit de motifs de la pièce lorsqu'il n'y a pas d'effigie The First Coin The most fundamental debate involving these coins is whether the Lydian Lion is in fact the world's first true coin. Much here depends on what definition you use for "coin." I'm using a commonly held numismatic definition of what a coin is, which is spelled out well in Webster, Second Edition: "A piece of metal (or, rarely, of some other material) certified by a mark or marks upon it to be of a definite exchange value and issued by governmental authority to be used as money." Key here are "mark or marks" and "certified ... by government authority." Other electrum pieces without a pictorial design but instead with an empty field, pellets, striations, parallel lines, or crisscrossing lines across their obverse were minted at about the same times as Lydian Lions.[14]Colin M. Kraay,[15]E.S.G. Robinson,[16]Charles Seltman,[17]and others have argued that these aren't true coins, only precoins, because they lack an essential feature of coins -- a "type," or mark, of a recognized issuing authority, which in the case of these coins is a roaring lion.[18] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 heures (2007-04-03 11:01:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://jfbradu.free.fr/celtes/burdigala/or.htm |
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