Chrysos (Denomination, Concept)

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Chrysos (en)

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Modern term to describe the full gold denomination in Axumite numismatics. Created on the prototype of the Roman half aureus resp. solidus, and of a slowly decreasing weight. Compare W. Hahn - R. Keck, Münzgeschichte der Akßumitenkönige in der Spätantike (2020) pp. 30-35 table p. 34.

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