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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 3187542, member: 95174&quot;]During the reign of Manuel ( 1143-1180 AD) a letter was written from a student to a teacher mentioning the buying power of a regional tetarteron as one small loaf of bread, so Hendy figured it was&nbsp; 864 regional tetartera to the Hyperpyron.&nbsp; So 864 small loafs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another letter around the same time&nbsp; spoke about&nbsp; a metropolitan billion tetarteron&nbsp; ( All of the tetartera minted in Constantinople were billion) as being able to purchase 10 mackerel.With a trade of 288 to the Hyperpyron&nbsp; that&#039;s 2,880 mackerel.</p><p><br /></p><p>The believed trade rate of the anonymous follis was equal to the billion tetarteron , they coins only coexisted during a short time while the coin reform was being placed. 1092.&nbsp; However the believed exchange between the regional and the metropolitan was thought to be 3. If true the Anonymous follis or Billion tetarteron could purchase 3 small loafs of bread.</p><p><br /></p><p>The letter does not mention the size of than being small loaf.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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