Explain the extent to which the silver coin pictured above is a reliable source of evidence about cultural diffusion in western Asia in the second century BCE. In your response, be sure to include your evaluation of the source’s reliability and your reasoning for that evaluation.

Article ii "each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the united states, in congress assembled."—articles of confederation which of the following principles of american democracy does this quote best represent? social contract natural rights federalism rule of law