Scyphate
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A concave or cup-shaped coin.
"The hoard from Tepe Maranjan near Kabul (Curiel, 1953: 101–131) containing 368 Sasanian silver drachms—326 of Shapur II, 28 of Ardeshir II and 14 of Shapur III (a.d. 383–388) with 12 gold Kushano-Sasanian scyphates, provides important evidence for the previous metal currency of eastern Afghanistan, the dating of the Kushano-Sasanian gold coinage and the chronology of Kidara who became king of the southern Kushan provinces."
- 1 Concave or cup-shaped.
"The curious seal, now for the first time published, presents an example of the scyphate, or dished form, which is of rare occurrence."
Example
More examples"The curious seal, now for the first time published, presents an example of the scyphate, or dished form, which is of rare occurrence."
Etymology
From Latin scyphātus, erroneously interpreted as scyphus (“cup, goblet”) + -ātus; in reality, probably derives from Arabic شَفَة (šafa, “edge, rim”), and refers to the distinctive and conspicuous border of the early histamena gold coins.
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