Scyphate
Template:Short description Scyphate is a term frequently used in numismatics to refer to the concave or "cup-shaped" Byzantine coins of the 11th–14th centuries.
This usage emerged in the premodern era[1] and was solidified by scholars of the 19th century, when the term Script error: No such module "Lang"., attested in south Italian documents of the 11th and 12th centuries, was erroneously interpreted as deriving from the Greek word Script error: No such module "lang". (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 'cup'). In reality, the term probably derives from the Arabic word Script error: No such module "lang"., 'edge, rim', and refers to the distinctive and conspicuous border of the early Script error: No such module "lang". gold coins.[2] Due to this misunderstanding, the term "scyphate" has been widely applied to the concave gold, silver, and copper coins of the late Byzantine Empire and the foreign issues imitating it. These coins are more properly designated as Script error: No such module "lang". (singular: Script error: No such module "lang"., from Greek Script error: No such module "Lang"., 'rough, uneven').[3]
Gallery
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"Scyphate" silver ducat of Roger II of Sicily.
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"Scyphate" histamenon of Emperor Isaac I Komnenos (r. 1057–1059).
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Biscioni, Antonio Maria (1723). Prose di Dante Alighieri e di messer Gio. Boccacci (in italiano). per Gio. Gaetano Tartini, e Santi Franchi. p. 362.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Grierson, Philip. "Nummi scyphati. The Story of a Misunderstanding". The Numismatic Chronicle. 11: 253–260.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Grierson, Philip (1999). Byzantine Coinage (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Trustees for Harvard University. ISBN 0-88402-274-9.
Sources
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Grierson, Philip (1999). Byzantine Coinage (PDF). Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks. ISBN 978-0-88402-274-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
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