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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 3002616, member: 10613&quot;]there is some reference to nummus in contemporary sources. Below is a reference and the coin which was reduced to half (note the right field marks)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&quot;Dionysius to Apion, greeting. The divine Fortune of our masters has ordained that the Italian coin (to Italikon nomisma) be reduced to the half of a <b>nummus</b>. Make haste, therefore, to spend all the Italian coinage (argyrion) that you have in purchases, on my behalf, of goods of every description at whatever prices you find them. For this purpose I have dispatched an officialis to you. But take notice that should you intend to indulge in any malpractices I shall not allows you to do so. I pray, my brother, that you may long be in health. (Verso) I received the letter from the officials on the eight of the month Pharmouthi.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>see Hendy, <i> Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy c. 300- 1450</i> p. 464</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]743215[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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