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Solidus

The solidus (Latin 'solid'; pl.: solidi) or nomisma (Greek: νόμισμα, romanized: nómisma, lit. 'coin') was a highly pure gold coin issued in the Later Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire. It was introduced in the early 4th century, replacing the aureus, and its weight of about 4.45 grams remained relatively constant for seven centuries.

Measurement, Mints across the empire & Impact on world currencies

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Mints across the empire

ConstantinopleRoman EmpireTrierRomeMilan
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Impact on world currencies

DenierVulgar LatinCarolingiansFrancFrench First Republic
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Debasement, decline, and elimination of the solidus

Michael IV the PaphlagonianConstantine IX MonomachosConstantine X DoukasRomanos IV DiogenesBattle of Manzikert
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LatinGreekRomanizedLit.Gold coin
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Solidus as a Roman coin

In the Byzantine period

Debasement, decline, and elimination of the solidus

Mints across the empire

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Solidus

Nodes102
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Triples153
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019608
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Solidus

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related to Mints across the empire · 34
Solidus → Alexandria, Antioch, Arabs, Carthage, Constantinople, East, Egypt, Franks, From, Germanic, His, However, In, Italy, Justinian I's, Justinian's, Milan, Nicomedia, Ostrogothic Kingdom, Ravenna
related to Debasement, decline, and elimination of the solidus · 29
Solidus → After, After Romanos, Alexios, Battle, Byzantine, Byzantine Empire, Constantine, Constantine IX Monomachos, Constantinople, Crusaders, Doukas, Empire, In, John, John VI, Komnenos, Manzikert, Michael IV, Michael VII Doukas, Michael VIII Palaiologos
related to In the Byzantine period · 14
Solidus → Classical Latin, Constantine VI, Despite, During, Eastern, Europe, Georgia, Greek, Heraclius, Latin, Roman Empire, Russia, The, West
related to Solidus as a Roman coin · 13
Solidus → AD, By, Byzantine, Constantine, Constantine's, Diocletian, Great, Greco-Roman, Heraclius, Honorius, Roman, The, With
related to Spain and Peru, Portugal and Brazil · 13
Solidus → Afrikaans, As, Cebuano, English, French, German, It, Philippine, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, The, The Spanish
related to United Kingdom · 12
Solidus → As, Carolingian, English, ISO, Kent, King Offa, Mercia, Prior, The Tudors, Under, Unicode, United Kingdom
related to France · 11
Solidus → Although, Carolingians, French, French First Republic, French Revolution, In, Latin, No, The, Thenceforward, To
related to External links · 8
Solidus → Encyclopædia Britannica, Media, Melville, Sou, The, This, Wikimedia CommonsOnline, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Italy · 8
Solidus → English, French, German Saldo, It, Italian, Italy, The, This
has impact · 3
Solidus → Europe, In, Variations

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gold solidi coin roman century nomisma also coins french empire used byzantine struck weight word centuries constantinople began pure hyperpyron

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the Ostrogothic Kingdominstance ofthough Germanic successor kingdoms0.80text
the Franks continued to strike imitative solidiinstance ofthough Germanic successor kingdoms0.80text
with the portraitinstance ofthough Germanic successor kingdoms0.80text
title of the emperor in Constantinople.Justinian I's reconquests in the Western Empire reopened several mintsinstance ofthough Germanic successor kingdoms0.80text
which began to strike gold solidiinstance ofthough Germanic successor kingdoms0.80text
Solidushas impactIn0.60section
Solidushas impactEurope0.60section
Solidushas impactVariations0.60section
Solidusrelated to Debasement, decline, and elimination of the solidusWhen0.60section
Solidusrelated to Debasement, decline, and elimination of the solidusMichael IV0.60section
Solidusrelated to Debasement, decline, and elimination of the solidusPaphlagonian0.60section
Solidusrelated to Debasement, decline, and elimination of the solidusThe0.60section

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