1 Drachm, Bactria, 2nd century BCE
date: label: date made
content: 2nd century BCE
notes: label: Description
content: The languages used on money convey a message about the community for which the currency is intended. One of the earliest bilingual coins is this Indo-Greek drachm from around 160 BCE, which features both Greek and an ancient South Asian script.
place: label: place made
content: Afghanistan
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Raymond & Meryem Hebert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0935.14
label: accession number
content: 1987.0934
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0934.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 1.5 cm; 1/32 in x 19/32 in