In the Ritual Ordinance of the monk Nilos mention is made of a donation of twelve hyperpyra to the monastery of Machæra by the Emperor Isaac (II.) Angelos,[…]
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Hyperpyron
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Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπέρπυρον noun (coin)
Romanian
1 entries- perper noun (coin)
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Fig. 1. Hyperpyrons of Andronicus II Palaeologus with Michael IX (1 – 4).[…]It is established for sure that the „old hyperpyrons of 13 ½ carats with three saints“ mentioned there are in fact hyperpyrons of Andronicus II with Michael IX (Hendy 1969, 251 – 252).[…]As it is recorded in the discussed notes, some later issues of hyperpyrons of Andronicus II with Michael IX must have obviously had gold contents lower than 13 carats. Pegolotti speaks of „new hyperpyrons of 11 ¾ carats with a rose and a star“ as well as of „hyperpyrons from Philadelphia of 12 carats“ (Pegolotti 1936, 289).[…]When the sum was a small one, amounting to one or a few hyperpyrons, it was paid in cash without weighing the coins.
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Two hyperpyrons of the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palacologus (1261-1282), from the collection of the Museum of History – Pazardjik.
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It should be read as either 1191 or 1291 because of the mention of hyperpyrons, a coinage introduced only in the reign of Alexios I Komnenos.
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