Definition

• A name generally applied to bars of metal which are stamped with some value, and were formerly used as currency. See Bonk, and Tang.

  Caesar, De Bello Gallico (v. 12) uses the phrase " utuntur aut aere aut taleis ferreis ad certum pondus examinatis pro nummo," i.e., " They (the Britons), use either cop- per or iron rods (that have been) weighed by a fixed weight, for coined money."

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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