hyperpyron

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Byzantine gold coin medieval currency

The hyperpyron was a high-value Byzantine gold coin introduced in the 11th century that became the empire’s principal monetary unit and a key currency in medieval Mediterranean trade.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine gold coin ⓘ medieval currency ⓘ
category	Byzantine numismatics ⓘ
circulationStatus	widely accepted in Mediterranean commerce ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Byzantine Empire ⓘ
denominationSystem	hyperpyron-based Byzantine monetary system ⓘ
etymology	Greek ὑπέρπυρον (hyperpyron) ⓘ
experienced	debasement over time ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Late Byzantine period ⓘ Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
influenced	Genoese monetary practices ⓘ Venetian ducat valuation ⓘ
introducedBy	Alexios I Komnenos ⓘ
introducedInCentury	11th century ⓘ
introducedInYear	1092 ⓘ
laterForm	billon hyperpyron ⓘ electrum hyperpyron ⓘ
meaningOfName	super-refined ⓘ thoroughly fired ⓘ
metal	gold ⓘ
mintedInCity	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople
obverseDesign	Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Christ religious imagery ⓘ
primaryUse	high-value transactions ⓘ international trade ⓘ state payments ⓘ
purityAtIntroduction	high gold fineness ⓘ
replaced	Byzantine solidus ⓘ surface form: histamenon nomisma solidus ⓘ tetarteron nomisma ⓘ
reverseDesign	Byzantine emperors ⓘ surface form: Byzantine emperor imperial imagery ⓘ
servedAs	key currency in medieval Mediterranean trade ⓘ principal monetary unit of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ unit of account in late Byzantine period ⓘ
shape	cup-shaped ⓘ scyphate ⓘ
standardWeightApprox	4.45 grams ⓘ 4.5 grams ⓘ
subdividedInto	aspron trachy ⓘ billon trachy ⓘ trikephalon ⓘ
usedBy	Byzantine merchants ⓘ Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Byzantine state foreign merchants in Mediterranean trade ⓘ
usedInRegion	Balkans ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Italian maritime cities ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Byzantine Empire → currency → hyperpyron ⓘ

Latin Empire → currency → hyperpyron ⓘ

Second Bulgarian Empire → currency → hyperpyron ⓘ