Solidus gold coin

Japanese: ソリドゥス金貨 - そりどぅすきんか
Solidus gold coin
A gold coin used from the late Roman Empire to the Byzantine Empire. It was established as 1/72 of a Roman pound (4.55g) by Emperor Constantine's monetary reform. It was a real gold coin that theoretically remained unchanged until the time of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, and because the gold standard was maintained by repeated legal restrictions on its net weight and fineness, it enjoyed high currency in international trade in the Mediterranean. The current dollar symbol, $, comes from the solidus.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
後期ローマ帝国からビザンティン帝国の時代にかけて使用された金貨。コンスタンティヌス帝の通貨改革によって1/72ローマ・ポンド(4.55g)として創設された。1453年のコンスタンティノープル陥落の時代まで理論上は不変の基準をなした実質金貨であり,その正味重量・品位をめぐるたび重なる法的規制によって金本位制が維持されたために,地中海の国際交易にあっても高い通用力を誇った。なお,現在のドル記号$はソリドゥスに由来する。

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