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scyphate, a. Numism.|ˈsaɪfeɪt|
[ad. med.L. (nummus) scyphatus, traditionally interpreted as ‘cup-shaped (coin)’, f. L. scyphus cup: see scyphus n. However, the term is said to predate the development of concave Byzantine coinage (P. Grierson 1971, in Numism. Chron. 7th Ser. XI. 253-60), and ulterior derivation from colloq. Arab. shiffī̲ having a lip, rimmed + L. -atus has been proposed.]
Of a coin (esp. from the late Byzantine Empire): having the shape of a shallow bowl; concave, cup-shaped.
1899G. F. Hill Handbk. Greek & Roman Coins vi. 155 There are a few instances of a slight concavity although never attaining to the peculiar scyphate fabric of the late Byzantine coins. 1908W. Wroth Catal. Imperial Byzantine Coins Brit. Mus. I. p. lv, The old (flat) nomisma was thus reduced in weight, but the new (scyphate) nomisma retains the original weight..of the old solidus. 1957Numismatist Aug. 940 Occasionally a scyphate bronze, usually of Alexius III, will be found in bulk lots. 1962R. A. G. Carson Coins 216 [The Empress Theodora] was represented on..scyphate nomismata as a standing figure holding a labarum. 1971Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1970 44 The major accession was a selection of 75 scyphate copper coins from a thirteenth-century hoard. |