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tetarteron Numism.|tɪˈtɑːtərən|
[a. Gr. τεταρτηρόν, lit. ‘measure of capacity’, f. τέταρτος fourth.]
A Byzantine gold coin of the 10th–11th cent., a copper coin replacing the old follis from the late 11th cent. (see quot. 1969).
[1908W. Wroth Catal. Imperial Byzantine Coins in Brit. Mus. I. p.l, This..coin is stated to have been called..τεταρτερόν. This was probably..its popular nickname. ] Ibid. II. 659/1 ‘Tetarteron’, l.1959E. Pound Thrones xcvi. 12 Here, surely, is a refinement of language. ἢ καὶ νοµίσµατα ξέει Wd/ appear to be tetarteron tokens not affecting the aureus. 1969M. S. Hendy Coinage & Money in Byzantine Empire 1081–1261 vi. 28 The tetarteron nomisma..originally a gold coin,..was first struck by Nicephorus II, and continued until early in the reign of Alexius I. At some point after this, the name was appropriated to describe a copper coin of similar small, thick fabric, first struck by Alexius as an element of his reformed coinage. This change had taken place by 1097. 1973P. D. Whitting Byzantine Coins iii. 40 A new gold coin lighter than the solidus was introduced... The new and lighter coin was called the nomisma tetarteron. These tetartera cannot be distinguished by eye until the later part of Basil II's reign... The name means ‘a fourth part’, i.e. a piece of standard weight diminished by a quarter of a tremissis equivalent to ½ of the whole. |