首页
登录
职称英语
The first coins to appear in the Western world were issued by the Indians a
The first coins to appear in the Western world were issued by the Indians a
游客
2023-11-20
65
管理
问题
The first coins to appear in the Western world were issued by the Indians and the Ionian Greeks in the eighth century B. C. These coins, which were made of electrum, a natural combination of gold and silver, were irregular in weight and quality. The pure gold and silver coins with related values which appeared during the reign of Croesus (560 -546 B. C. ) provide the first un doubted evidence of standard coinage by state authority. The coins were not perfectly shaped, however, for they were struck with a hand wielded hammer. The trend toward complete mathematical symmetry did not, in fact, begin until the coining press, invented by Leonardo da Vinci in the sixteenth century, was generally used in the middle of the seventeenth century.
One should not assume, however, that only machine made coins are prized for their workmanship. The silver dekadrachm from Syracuse, struck about 413 B. C. , is considered one of the finest Greek coins and is worth more than a thousand dollars today. An artistic masterpiece of a much later period is the silver taler minted in Ratisbon, southern Germany, in 1754.
The value of a coin is not primarily determined by its age, as many people seem to think. Many Greek and Roman coins that were issued in abundance can be purchased for a moderate price. On the other hand, a German coin made of shrapnel during the First World War is very rare and valuable. Among the especially rare United States coins are the 1804 silver dollar, the 1822 five-dollar gold piece, and the 1894 silver dime. [br] Which of the following statements may NOT be made about the coins made during the reign of Croesus?
选项
A、They were issued by the government.
B、They were given standard values.
C、They were all of equal purity.
D、They were all alike in shape.
答案
D
解析
参见第一段第三、四句。当时的纯金银硬币,标有相应的价值,提供了确凿证据表明是由官方统一标准打造的。但因当时是手工用锤子打造,硬币形状不太规整。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3204424.html
相关试题推荐
Thoughthiscarismoreelegantinappearance,itsquality______thatlessfanc
Contrastmaymakesomethingappearmorebeautifulthanitiswhen______alone.A
FewWesternersknowmuchaboutPakistanbeyondmediaimpressionsofIslamic
FewWesternersknowmuchaboutPakistanbeyondmediaimpressionsofIslamic
FewWesternersknowmuchaboutPakistanbeyondmediaimpressionsofIslamic
Breadandbutter______.likedbyWesterners.A、isB、areC、wereD、beA句意:黄油面包受西方
Theredspotsfirstappearedontheforearmandthenextended______totheshou
OncefoundalmostentirelyinthewesternUnitedStatesandillAsia,dinos
OncefoundalmostentirelyinthewesternUnitedStatesandillAsia,dinos
OncefoundalmostentirelyinthewesternUnitedStatesandillAsia,dinos
随机试题
Lookatthestatementsbelowandtheextractontheoppositepagefromarep
TheInternetcanmakethenewsmoredemocratic,givingthepublicachancet
Internationalairlineshaverediscoveredthebusinesstravelers,themanor
[originaltext]W:Whatareyoudoing?M:(20)I’morderingsomefilingcabineto
A.辛味B.酸味C.甘味D.苦味E.咸味有抗菌、抗炎、解热等作用的药物大多属于的
不能口服的抗生素是A:头孢氨苄 B:青霉素V C:青霉素G D:苯唑西林钠
A.12 B.10 C.8 D.4
油品装卸码头防火要求,甲、乙类油品码头前沿线与陆上储油罐的防火间距不应小于()
智能小区中的门禁系统是指()。A:出入口控制系统B:防盗报警系统C:闭路电
20×7年1月1日,甲公司开始推行一项奖励积分计划。根据该计划,客户在甲公司每消
最新回复
(
0
)