The Latin word asper originally meant "rough", but had gradually acquired the connotation of "fresh" or "freshly minted", i.e. not worn smooth by use, and, especially when referring to silver, "white", by the imperial period.[1] It acquired a technical meaning in the 12th century, when the Byzantines began to refer to the billontrachy coin, which was issued in a blanched state, as an aspron. The same name was also sometimes applied to the contemporary electrumtrachy as well.[1]
The name re-appears in the 14th–15th centuries as a generic name for silver coinage, such as the Byzantine doukatopoulon or the Turkish akçe.[1] The 15th century account books of the Venetian merchant-banker Giacomo Badoer lists several cities and governments that coined aspers, which included Trebizond, Caffa, Simisso (or Samsun), Tana, and Rhodes.[2]
aspron, aspron, greek, ἄσπρον, from, latin, asper, late, byzantine, name, silver, silver, alloy, coins, minted, manuel, trebizondthe, latin, word, asper, originally, meant, rough, gradually, acquired, connotation, fresh, freshly, minted, worn, smooth, especial. The aspron Greek ἄspron from Latin asper was a late Byzantine name for silver or silver alloy coins Aspron minted by Manuel I of TrebizondThe Latin word asper originally meant rough but had gradually acquired the connotation of fresh or freshly minted i e not worn smooth by use and especially when referring to silver white by the imperial period 1 It acquired a technical meaning in the 12th century when the Byzantines began to refer to the billon trachy coin which was issued in a blanched state as an aspron The same name was also sometimes applied to the contemporary electrum trachy as well 1 The name re appears in the 14th 15th centuries as a generic name for silver coinage such as the Byzantine doukatopoulon or the Turkish akce 1 The 15th century account books of the Venetian merchant banker Giacomo Badoer lists several cities and governments that coined aspers which included Trebizond Caffa Simisso or Samsun Tana and Rhodes 2 References edit a b c Grierson 1991 p 211 Cecile Morrison Coin Usage and Exchange Rates in Badoer s Libro dei Conti Dumbarton Oaks Papers 55 2001 pp 217 245Sources editGrierson Philip 1991 Asper In Kazhdan Alexander ed The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium Oxford and New York Oxford University Press p 211 ISBN 978 0 19 504652 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aspron amp oldid 1158765424, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
