Definition

• greek word ??????????, a silver coin, introduced by Constantine the Great, which at first had the value of one fourteenth of a Solidus, and obtained its name from being the one thousandth part, of the pound of gold. It was coined continuously from Constantine to Justinian I. Alter the latter 's reign the Miliarensis was raised in weight to equal the one twelfth of the Solidus and the value changed from one and three quarter Siliquae to two Siliquae.l

Source

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

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