aspron trachy

E372746

Aspron trachy was a concave, billon or electrum Byzantine coin of lesser value than the hyperpyron, widely used in the empire’s later medieval monetary system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
aspron trachy canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine coin ⓘ
medieval coin ⓘ
category Byzantine numismatics ⓘ
medieval European coinage ⓘ
circulationArea Anatolia ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
coinShapeType scyphate coin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire ⓘ
currencySystem late medieval Byzantine currency ⓘ
denominationType lesser denomination ⓘ
function medium of exchange ⓘ
unit of account ⓘ
hasProperty concave flan ⓘ
lesser purchasing power than hyperpyron ⓘ
widely used in later Byzantine Empire ⓘ
historicalContext Byzantine monetary reform era ⓘ
introducedBy Byzantine imperial authority ⓘ
material billon ⓘ
electrum ⓘ
metalContent debased precious metal ⓘ
low silver content ⓘ
mintingTechnique struck coin ⓘ
relativeStatus subordinate to gold hyperpyron ⓘ
scriptUsedOn Greek ⓘ
shape concave ⓘ
typicalDepiction Byzantine emperor ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine emperors

Christ ⓘ
linked to: Jesus Christ

religious iconography ⓘ
usedIn Byzantine monetary system ⓘ
usedInPeriod late Byzantine period ⓘ
valueRelativeTo less than hyperpyron ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

hyperpyron → subdividedInto → aspron trachy ⓘ