- The
hyperpyron (Gr****: νόμισμα ὑπέρπυρον nómisma
hypérpyron) was a
Byzantine coin in use
during the late
Middle Ages,
replacing the
solidus as the Byzantine...
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based on the
hyperpyron. They were the
silver miliaresion or
basilika at 12 to the
hyperpyron and the
billon politika at 96 per
hyperpyron,
along with...
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finally abolished by
Alexios I
Komnenos in 1092, who
replaced it with the
hyperpyron,
which also came to be
known as a "bezant". The
Byzantine solidus also...
- 900–.950) was
established in 1092,
commonly called the
hyperpyron at 4.45 grs. The
hyperpyron was
slightly smaller than the solidus.[citation needed]...
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contemporary Byzantine coinage,
being exchanged at 1:768 to the gold
hyperpyron. It
appears that the
designs on the ****arion
changed annually,
hence they...
- the
Byzantine Empire,
first the
nomisma and from the 11th
century the
hyperpyron. Later, the term was used to
cover the gold
dinars produced by Islamic...
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Although it was not made of gold, it was one
third of the
standard golden hyperpyron. It was not, however,
called tremissis.
Outside of the
Roman empire, tremisses...
-
Sicilian Vespers in 1282, he
debased the
hyperpyron. This was just one more in a
series of deba****ts of the
hyperpyron, and the
Great Council of
Venice responded...
- Late Middle Ages Po****tion • 457 16,000,000 • 565 26,000,000 • 775 7,000,000 • 1025 12,000,000 • 1320 2,000,000
Currency Solidus, denarius, and
hyperpyron...
- by
economic difficulties.
During his
reign the
value of the
Byzantine hyperpyron depreciated precipitously,
while the
state treasury ac****ulated less than...
