Definition

• are common to all peri- ods. When Rome controlled portions of Asia Minor the pro-consuls issued coins with both Latin and Greek inscriptions. In the Bactrian and Indo-Scythian series occur Greek and native Indian characters; on the Sicilian coins of the Middle Ages are Latin and Arabic Legends, etc.

  In a number of modern coinages it is now common to find inscriptions in more than one language; these are coins for over-sea Colonial possessions, e.g., China, India, etc. The coinage of the Manchu dynasty of China is bi-lingual.

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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