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Byzantine currency, money used in the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the West, consisted of mainly two types of coins: gold solidi and hyperpyra and a variety of clearly valued bronze coins. By the 15th century, the currency was issued only in debased silver stavrata and minor copper coins with no gold issue. [ 1 ]
Byzantine mints at the time of Justinian I (mid-6th century) The East Roman or Byzantine Empire established and operated several mints throughout its history (330–1453). ). Aside from the main metropolitan mint in the capital, Constantinople, a varying number of provincial mints were also established in other urban centres, especially during the 6th cen
Pages in category "Coins of the Byzantine Empire" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
40 ("M" is "40" in Greek) and 5 ("Є" is "5" in Greek) nummi of Anastasius. A Byzantine follis of Constantine VII and Zoe. 914-919AD. 26 mm.. The term "follis" is used for the large bronze coin denomination (40 nummi) introduced in 498, with the coinage reform of Anastasius, which included a series of bronze denominations with their values marked in Greek numerals.
Stavraton of the Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos (r. 1391–1425).. The name stavraton first appears in the mid-11th century for a gold histamenon showing the Byzantine emperor holding a cross-shaped scepter, but in its more specific sense, it denotes the large silver coins introduced by Emperor John V Palaiologos (r. 1341–1376, 1379–1391) in circa 1367 and used for the last century of ...
The term nummus is now usually applied solely to the 5th–7th century Byzantine issues. These were small, badly struck coins, weighing less than 1 gram, forming the lowest denomination of Byzantine coinage. They were valued officially at 1 ⁄ 7,200 of the gold solidus but more usually rated to 1 ⁄ 6,000 or 1 ⁄ 12,000. [5]
Israeli archaeologists have hailed the discovery of 44 gold coins in a wall as a rare glimpse into the Byzantine Empire past at a time of violent conquest.
The hexagram (Greek: ἑξάγραμμα, hexagramma) was a large silver coin of the Byzantine Empire issued primarily during the 7th century AD. With the exception of a few 6th-century ceremonial issues, silver coins were not used in the late Roman/early Byzantine monetary system (see Byzantine coinage ), chiefly because of the great ...