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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 7619705, member: 97383"]T.E. Thanks for an excellent article & photos of interesting coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Your theory that the <b>Tetarteron </b>was the "coin of the realm" for the Byzantine shopper buying food & other sundries in the marketplace does make sense, since gold coins in the every-day marketplace would have non-negotiable. If the <b>Tetarteron</b> was like the dollar, then the gold <b>Histamenon Nomisma </b>must have seemed like the <b>Bitcoin </b>to the Byzantine "plebeian" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1311271[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Byzantine Empire, Constantine X, AD 1059-1067, Constantinople Mint. AV Histamenom Nomisma: 4.39 gm, 27 mm, 6 h. Sear 1847. </b><i>Ex Al Kowsky Coll.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 7619705, member: 97383"]T.E. Thanks for an excellent article & photos of interesting coins :happy:. Your theory that the [B]Tetarteron [/B]was the "coin of the realm" for the Byzantine shopper buying food & other sundries in the marketplace does make sense, since gold coins in the every-day marketplace would have non-negotiable. If the [B]Tetarteron[/B] was like the dollar, then the gold [B]Histamenon Nomisma [/B]must have seemed like the [B]Bitcoin [/B]to the Byzantine "plebeian" :smuggrin:. [ATTACH=full]1311271[/ATTACH] [B]Byzantine Empire, Constantine X, AD 1059-1067, Constantinople Mint. AV Histamenom Nomisma: 4.39 gm, 27 mm, 6 h. Sear 1847. [/B][I]Ex Al Kowsky Coll.[/I][/QUOTE]
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