solidus

Examples

• All

• The Byzantine gold coin, the hyperpyron (sometimes called the bezant), was a direct successor of the late Roman gold coin, the aureus or solidus.

  Academic text (1990)

• In Constantinople, the solidus lasted for 700 years.

  Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It (2015)

• A reciprocity is established between the emperor and his representation on the gold solidus (Fig. 11).

  Academic text (2006)

• An archaizing diadem, depicted on Byzantine coinage as a row of large pellets between two rows of dots, was revived on the portrait solidus of Leo VI.

  Academic text (1997)

• The solid gold solidus was widely used in trade across Europe during the Middle Ages.

• In the Byzantine Empire, a solidus was often used to pay soldiers and officials.

Synonyms

B

byzant

vssolidus

• Archaic

9.9

A gold coin from the Byzantine Empire that people used widely in the Middle Ages

is the same coin but is a different spelling or variant form

B

bezzant

vssolidus

• Archaic

9.9

A gold coin from the Byzantine Empire used in Europe in the Middle Ages

is the same coin but is a different spelling or variant form

B

bezant

vssolidus

• Archaic

9.9

A gold coin from the Byzantine Empire used in medieval Europe

is the same coin but is a different spelling or variant form

Surface Forms

Etymology