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	Byzantine coins
		The gold coin was the solidus, with its sottomultiplis semisse (equal to 1/2 of the solidus) and tremisse (equal to 1/3 of the solidus).
		In the 721 Leo III it restored the miliarense in silver, whose value corresponded to 1/1000 of gold pound and to 1/12 of the solidus and perhaps to 288 follis, characterized to the obverse by a legend in honor of the Christus Victor.
		In the meanwhile, a bronze coin was coined, the assarion.
	www.monete-romane.com /roman_coins/byzantine.html (580 words)

	Solidus (coin) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A solidus (the Latin word for solid) was originally a gold coin issued by the Romans.It was introduced by Constantine I in 309–10, and was used through the Byzantine Empire until the 10th century.
		The name solidus had previously been used by Diocletian (284–305) for the gold coin that he introduced, which is different from the solidus introduced by Constantine.
		The sou tournois was a 12-denier coin, one-twentieth of the livre tournois (Tournois pound), while the sou parisis was a 15-denier coin.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Sou (459 words)

	The Development of the Byzantine Solidus
		He replaced the fundamental gold denomination of the Roman period, the aureus, with a new and slightly lighter gold coin, the solidus.
		Although the introduction of the solidus did not result immediately in coin designs significantly different from those of the second and third centuries, over the course of the following two centuries the solidus gradually evolved into a coinage with an appearance and identity of its own.
		On the obverse of the coin, unlike the individualized profile busts typical of Roman coins, the ruler portrait is presented in a frontal pose without any attempt at characterization.
	www.lawrence.edu /dept/art/buerger/essays/byzant.html (270 words)

	Solidus (coin) - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A solidus (the Latin word for solid) was originally a gold coin issued by the Romans.
		The name solidus had previously been used by Diocletian (284-305) for the gold coin that he introduced, which is different from the solidus introduced by Constantine.
		In France the sou (until 1715 sol) was the name of a coin.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Sou (479 words)

	CoinZappers - Hosted by RomanCoins.Net - Glossary of Electrolysis Terms (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While many coins have lost their legends due to wear, this term is applied only to coins that never had a legend.
		The coins with this title were struck in Asia Minor in recognition of feasts carried out in honor of Dionysus and came to be a symbol for Asia.
		The patera is often depicted on coins being held by gods and goddesses as a symbol of their divine rank or of rites carried out in their honor.
	www.romancoins.net /coinzappers/glossary.htm (2496 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Coins and Currencies
		The Angel or Angel-Noble was a gold coin struck in England in 1465 and ceased in the reign of Charles I.
		The anna was an Indian coin, one sixteenth of a rupee.
		The solidus was a gold coin struck by Constantine in place of the aureus, and known later as the bezant.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/J.HTM (1830 words)

	Denominations of Ancient Roman and Medieval Byzantine Coins
		Solidus (Latin: "solid"; plural: solidi), the standard Roman Imperial gold coin introduced by Constantine the Great in the early 4th Century in place of the aureus.
		The solidus had a value of 1/72nd of a Roman pound (libra), or 1/6th of an uncia.
		Nummium (derived from the Latin nummus, "coin"; plural: nummia, or nummi), a unit of coinage equal to 1/40th of a follis.
	www.thelostboys.org /ioan/romdenom.html (772 words)

	0.1.3.2 Overview - Byzantine Coins
		Anastasius introduced a system of copper coins, based on a follis of 40 nummia and fractions of 20, 10 and 5 nummia, which lasted for hundreds of years.
		Solidus of Justinian II Justinian II proved to be a ruthless despot without political wisdom.
		The still-smoking capital was partitioned among the victors, and the empire became a Latin feudal state as remnants of the aristocracy fled to Epirus and Nicaea to organize exile governments.
	www.classicalcoins.com /page102b.html (1365 words)

	Byzantine Coin replica cast for Barony of Nordskogen Event
		A base (or unpure) gold coin called the hyperion replaced the nomisma, an even baser gold coin (electrum trachy) replaced the tremissis and trachea were created in base silver and eventually copper.
		• The miliresion = 1/12 of a solidus or 2 carats
		The reverse of the solidus was Victory with a cross.
	www.thelostboys.org /ioan/byzlecture.html (1078 words)

	Coin Community \| Numismatic Glossary \| A
		Coin from India, value of a half rupee from Mysore, a state in the south of India, this coin was issued in 1786, before the English occupied this state.
		Roman goddess for equality, op coins to be recognized with sceptre and or horn.
		Roman goddess of the harvest, on coins she goes with a shell of corn and or a horn.
	www.coincommunity.com /dictionary (1929 words)

	Gold Coins, Ancient And Modern. A Gallery Of REAL Money
		The head on the coin is of Domitian, one of Vespasian's supreme Legion commanders.
		This coin therefore contains 464.4 grains or 0.9675 troy oz.
		It is a "bullion coin" containing 7.32 grams or 0.2354 troy ounces of Gold.
	www.the-privateer.com /goldcoin.html (448 words)

	Society of Creative Anachronism (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Unlike most other coins minted in the SCA, Ian Cnulle's tremissis is one of several denominations of "trade coins", minted for use in the merchants' square that the populace may experience the monetary values of the original Middle Ages.
		The tremissis, also called "triens", was a one third solidus coin; the solidus, first struck around the year 309, was the standard Roman gold unit from the reign of Constantine the Great onward, being minted in the Eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire, until 963.
		In 420 the Emperor Theodosius II made the Victory on the solidus more explicitly Christian by substituting a long jeweled cross staff for the laurel wreath (also the palm branch was dropped, and the figure appears to be standing rather than advancing).
	www.gmmnut.com /sca/byzant.html (1077 words)

	Mint State, The Grading of Ancient Coins - Calgary Coin
		Mint State is seldom used with ancient coins, but the term "Near Mint State" can be applied to coins with no wear, but only traces of weakness due to very minor die wear or very slight weakness in the strike, as long as the minor details are still very sharp.
		This is an example of a coin with no wear (by a simple definition the coin is in mint state), with an obverse struck with a fresh die but the reverse stuck with a very slightly worn die.
		This Byzantine solidus has no wear on it, and while every letter in the inscriptions is visible, some letters in the obverse inscription are slightly weakly struck (although not as weak as the image suggests).
	www.calgarycoin.com /reference/grading/mint_state.htm (337 words)

	Coinage of the Byzantine Empire
		Although its capital had been moved from Rome in the Latin West to Constantinople in the Greek East, the Byzantine Empire regarded itself as a continuation of the Roman Empire, differing from it only in being Christian in religion and Greek in speech.
		No elements in its coinage, however, apart from the use of Latin in its inscriptions, are earlier than the 4th century A.D. The Byzantine monetary system was based on the solidus (nomisma in Greek), a coin of pure gold weighing 4.5 grams that was introduced by Constantine I in 309 (photo upper right).
		At the bottom end of the currency scale was the copper nummus, which was valued in the 4th century at about 7,000 to the solidus; between solidus and nummus a varying number of denominations were struck.
	www.doaks.org /CoinExhibition/history/history1main.html (165 words)

	Ancient Byzantine Coins
		A gorgeous coin, in wonderful mint state with a lot of luster (cannot be seen on the coin).
		The coin was found in Israel and originally came with a certificate of authenticity (can't find it anymore).
		This particular coin is overstruck on a follis of Constantine VII (913-959), BMC 45-57.
	www.ancientcoins.ca /byzf2.html (2374 words)

	Lin Ying - Sogdian and Imitations of Byzantine Gold Coin Unearthed in the Heartland of China - Transoxiana Eran ud ...
		It is notable that four imitations of western gold coins were found in these tombs, among which one is identified as the imitation of a Sasanian gold coin, while the others are imitations of Byzantine solidi.
		Nevertheless, the imitation solidus from the Hejiacun treasure hoard unearthed in 1970 was found together with many foreign gold and silver coins in a pottery jar, whose owner may have been Li Xian, the Zhanghuai prince.
		That coins not only circulated in the economic field, but also were widely distributed in the tombs, leads us to consider the significance of coin in Sogdian thinking.
	www.transoxiana.org /Eran/Articles/lin_ying.html (6131 words)

	Australian Coin Internet Magazine - January 2004
		The coin was revalued to 5 new pence upon decimalization and is still considered legal tender in Britain.
		The coin followed the pattern of other early Australian coins ie the king on the obverse and the Australian Coat of Arms on the reverse.
		The coin should be in general circulation during the early part of 2004.
	www.coinmagazine.net /mag_January_2004.htm (814 words)

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		A quick study of the types of coins in circulation during Roman times will show that, far from being static, the money supply was quite fluid, with new denominations being added, and others being removed from circulation.
		With so much money in circulation, the common bronze coins were no longer produced, and the denarius became the coin that kept the Roman economy, such as it was, in operation.
		These new coins, being around 24mm in size, and near 5 grams in weight, contained around 60% silver, and were most likely valued at 2 denarii.
	www.celatorsart.com /denominations.html (862 words)

	Common Names of British Coin Denominations by Chard
		Actually, I have already covered many of these points in our other coin FAQ page British Coin Denominations However the purpose of that page was to present a complete list of denominations with first and last dates, and values.
		A "crown" was originally five shillings, originally being a gold coin issued during the reign of Henry VIII in 1544.
		With the issue of 1990 for the Queen Mother's 90th birthday, it had been very quietly decided to make a five pound coin of the same size and format as the old crown, and that it would continue to be known as a crown.
	www.24carat.co.uk /commoncoinnames.html (1294 words)

	Recovery AD 268 - 283, Ancient Roman coins - Calgary Coin Gallery
		In AD 270 coins were struck with a radiate bust of Aurelian on the obverse and a laureate bust of Vabalathus on the reverse, indicating that Vabalathus recognized the authority of Aurelian as his emperor.
		These coins are often described as having Vabalathus on the obverse, but Aurelian's radiate crown and use of the title Augustus, clearly indicate he is Emperor and thus on the obverse.
		The reverses of these coins are interesting as they use the inscription "VICTORIA AVG" with a single G. The practice of using GG to indicate more than one emperor was already well established, so Vabalathus was declaring himself sole Emperor of Rome.
	www.calgarycoin.com /roman7.htm (709 words)

	VLPP
		This is puzzling, as Roman coins in general have extensive documentation.
		Constantine remedied this situation in 309 by the introduction of the solidus ("steadfast coin") as a new denomination.
		It was struck at 72 to the pound, and by 324 had all but replaced the aureus as the standard gold coin.
	www.beastcoins.com /Topical/VLPP/Coins/VLPP-Coins.htm (1178 words)

	Ancient Coin Jewelry, Ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Coins
		Typical Greek coin denominations are the tetradrachm, drachm, didrachm, hemidrachm, and stater, all of which are available on the web site.
		Roman coin jewelry offerings include the denarius and mite denominations, which along with their Greek predecessors, are over 2000 years old, many struck before the birth of Christ.
		The popular gold solidus coin denomination for example, is slightly over 1000 years old, minted during the middle ages.
	www.newworldtreasures.com /ancientcoins.htm (228 words)

	History 303: Justinian and Heraclius
		This coin, the wretched suvivor of the numerous abortive currency reforms of the fourth century, was reckoned by the thousands to the solidus.
		Coins of 498-512 circulated at half their face value so that the follis of 40 nummiae passed as a piece of 20 nummiae.
		In markets commodities were priced in the numbers of modii or sextarii per solidus, and then small purchases were priced based on the exchange rate of the follis to the solidus.
	www.tulane.edu /~august/H303/currency/Justinian.htm (1155 words)

	Lin Yin - Western Turks and Byzantine gold coins found in China - Transoxiana 66
		Since a solidus of Justin II was excavated in a Sui Dynasty tomb at Dizhangwan, Xianyang, Shanxi province in 1953, over 40 specimens of Byzantine gold coins and their imitations have been unearthed and found in China.
		Also noteworthily, the frequent presence of Jinqian (gold coin) in the Suizang yiwushu (lists of funerary objects) in Turfan concentrated in the very period from mid 6th century to mid 7th century, indicating that Solidi were widely recognized by the local people at this period (10).
		The typical sixth-century solidus is a coin of 2 centimeters in diameter, with a three-quarter or fully frontal bust of the reigning emperor, usually in armor, on its obverse.
	www.transoxiana.org /0106/lin-ying_turks_solidus.html (7900 words)

	RCC/Roman Coin Denominations
		By 211 B.C. Roman coin denominations had underwent significant transitions and new silver denominations such as the denarius (10 asses), the quinarius (5 asses), and the sestertius (quarter denarius) were issued.
		Obeying Gresham's Law, "the bad money chased out the good" and these new coins, antoniniani (aside: we do not know the actual name of the denomination as it is lost to his-tory, antonmianus is one of Caracalla's names) chased denarii, dupondii, sestertii and asses out of circulation by the middle of the 3rd century.
		However, once you grasp the relationships between coins and recall the truism "a soldier's pay was a denarii a day," you can begin to imagine which coins circulated for what purposes.
	www.raleighcoinclub.org /articles/1999/romandenom.html (928 words)

	All That Glitters - Part One, The Wonderful World of Coins, Journal of Antiques & Collectibles May Issue 2005
		Johnston is also a well known lecturer whose topics cover a wide range of social history, antiques, coins, stamps, and the fine arts, as well as, politics and political and military history.
		From the 13th century on, the ratio of gold coins issued in Europe to those minted in the east and Asia, was one to a 100.
		Coin number twelve in Fetch’s hoard, depicts the Boy King of England, Henry VI standing on the deck of a ship on a gold half noble (Illus.
	www.journalofantiques.com /May05/coinsMay05.htm (1752 words)

	Byzantine Gold Solidus Coin Jewelry Depicting The Bust Of Christ, Religious Coin Jewelry
		The Byzantine Empire, centered in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul), is generally accepted as beginning in 491 AD with the reign of Anastasius I, and ending in 1453 AD with the toppling of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks.
		Ancient Byzantine gold solidus coin minted in Constantinople during the reign of Constantine VII and Romanus II, 913 - 959 AD.
		This is an exceptional coin in extremely fine condition and is mounted in a 18k gold bezel.
	www.newworldtreasures.com /byzantine.htm (216 words)

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