Spanish Colonial Coin | Silver Cob Rome Obverse: Helmeted Head of Athena

Obverse: Helmeted Head of Athena

and the fierce battles fought across the Pacific

comprising various Indo-European tribes

and recognisable imagery made them trusted instruments of exchange for centuries

Coins like the 5 dram were legal tender locally but circulated very little in practice

Spanish Colonial Coin | Silver Cob Rome Obverse: Helmeted Head of AthenaHistory of the Artifact This silver cob was struck in Spanish colonial mints across the Americas between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a period when vast quantities of New World silver were being extracted and converted into coinage for the global economy. Produced under the authority of the Spanish Empire, these coins were made using a hammered technique in which irregular silver blanks were cut and struck between dies, resulting in their