Byzantine hyperpyron

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The Byzantine hyperpyron was a high-purity gold coin introduced in the late Byzantine Empire as its principal currency, replacing the earlier solidus.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Byzantine hyperpyron canonical 2
histamenon nomisma 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine coin ⓘ
gold coin ⓘ
medieval currency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs hyperpyron nomisma ⓘ
linked to: hyperpyron
category Byzantine numismatics ⓘ
circulationArea Anatolia ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire ⓘ
decline progressive debasement over time ⓘ
denominationSystem Byzantine monetary system ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine coinage
endTime 14th century ⓘ
era late Byzantine period ⓘ
etymology from Greek "hyperpyron" meaning "super-refined" or "highly fired" ⓘ
follows Byzantine solidus ⓘ
goldContent about 20.5 carats ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced Venetian ducat ⓘ
other medieval European gold coins ⓘ
introducedBy Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
languageOfInscription Medieval Greek ⓘ
material gold ⓘ
mintedIn Constantinople ⓘ
provincial Byzantine mints ⓘ
monetaryReformOf Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
obverseDesign Christ ⓘ
religious imagery ⓘ
precededBy histamenon nomisma ⓘ
tetarteron nomisma ⓘ
purity high-purity gold ⓘ
replaced Byzantine solidus ⓘ
replacedCurrency debased histamenon nomisma ⓘ
tetarteron nomisma ⓘ
reverseDesign Byzantine emperor ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine emperors

imperial imagery ⓘ
servedAs unit of account in Byzantine Empire ⓘ
shape flat coin ⓘ
standardWeight about 4.45 grams ⓘ
startTime 1092 ⓘ
subunit tetarteron (copper) as small change ⓘ
trachy ⓘ
succeededBy late Byzantine silver and billon coinage ⓘ
usedAs principal currency of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
usedIn international trade in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
trade with Italian maritime republics ⓘ
valueRelativeToSolidus introduced as replacement for debased solidus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Byzantine solidus → followedBy → Byzantine hyperpyron ⓘ
perpera → relatedTo → Byzantine hyperpyron ⓘ
Byzantine hyperpyron → precededBy → histamenon nomisma ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine hyperpyron