Definición

• In Latin a generic term for money, and the name applied to the chief current coin in any system. See Sestertius and Follis. Multiples, e.g., Pentanummion, Decanummion, etc., are frequently used in describing the Byzantine coins.

  The Nummi of Alba and Signia in Central Italy, issued B.C. 303-268, correspond to the As of about ten Roman ounces.

Fuente

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

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