page_title: Solidus (coin)
hierarchical_section_title: Solidus (coin)
caption_attribution_description: English: Country: Gaul; Gold coin; Diameter: 20 mm; Coin axis: 5h; Weight: 4.37 g; Degree of rarity: R3. Obverse titulation: D N ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG. Obverse description: Helmeted, diademed and armored bust of Anastase from the front, holding in his right hand the spear placed on the shoulder and from the left a shield decorated with a jumper leaping to the right (N'a); beaded tiara. Obverse translation: “Dominus Noster Anastasius Perpetuus Augustus”, (Our lord Anastasian perpetual august). Reverse titulation: [V]ICTORIA - AVGVSTORVN E/ -&#x7c;*//CONOB(EV). Reverse description: Victory standing on the left, holding a long cross with the right hand; star with seven spokes in the field on the left. Reverse translation: “Victoria Augustorum”, (The Victory of the Augusts). Français&#160;: Nom de l'atelier/ville&#160;: Gaule Métal&#160;: or Diamètre&#160;: 20mm Axe des coins&#160;: 5h. Poids&#160;: 4,37g. Degré de rareté&#160;: R3 Titulature avers&#160;: D N ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG. Description avers&#160;: Buste casqué, diadémé et cuirassé d'Anastase de face, tenant de la main droite la lance placée sur l'épaule et de la gauche un bouclier orné d'un cavalier bondissant à droite (N'a)&#160;; diadème perlé. Traduction avers&#160;: “Dominus Noster Anastasius Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Anastase perpétuel auguste). Titulature revers&#160;: [V]ICTORIA - AVGVSTORVN E/ -&#x7c;*//CONOB(EV). Description revers&#160;: Victoire debout à gauche, tenant une longue croix de la main droite&#160;; étoile à sept rais dans le champ à gauche. Traduction revers&#160;: “Victoria Augustorum”, (La Victoire des augustes).
context_page_description: The solidus, nomisma, or bezant was originally a relatively pure gold coin issued in the Late Roman Empire. Under Constantine, who introduced it on a wide scale, it had a weight of about 4.5 grams. It was largely replaced in Western Europe by Pepin the Short's currency reform, which introduced the silver-based pound/shilling/penny system, under which the shilling functioned as a unit of account equivalent to 12 pence, eventually developing into the French sou. In Eastern Europe, the nomisma was gradually debased by the Byzantine emperors until it was abolished by Alexius I in 1092, who replaced it with the hyperpyron, which also came to be known as a "bezant". The Byzantine solidus also inspired the originally slightly less pure dinar issued by the Muslim Caliphate.
  In late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, the solidus also functioned as a unit of weight equal to 1/72 of a pound.
context_section_description: The solidus (Latin for "solid"; pl. solidi), nomisma (Greek: νόμισμα, nómisma, lit. "coin"), or bezant was originally a relatively pure gold coin issued in the Late Roman Empire. Under Constantine, who introduced it on a wide scale, it had a weight of about 4.5 grams. It was largely replaced in Western Europe by Pepin the Short's currency reform, which introduced the silver-based pound/shilling/penny system, under which the shilling functioned as a unit of account equivalent to 12 pence, eventually developing into the French sou. In Eastern Europe, the nomisma was gradually debased by the Byzantine emperors until it was abolished by Alexius I in 1092, who replaced it with the hyperpyron, which also came to be known as a "bezant". The Byzantine solidus also inspired the originally slightly less pure dinar issued by the Muslim Caliphate.
  In late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, the solidus also functioned as a unit of weight equal to 1/72 of a pound.
caption: Solidus to victory issued under Clovis I (between 491 and 507 CE)
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