The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

Thank you, Ying Zheng, for leaving China with the tradition of great unification. This is not only the unification of the concept of land, but the unity of all aspects of the world: Ying Zheng ordered the implementation of the country when the six countries were first unified. The decree of "the same writing, the same track, and the same ethics", unify the language, unify the track gauge of the train, unify the ethics and norms, and unify the weights and measures!

　　 A single unified weights and measures is very awesome. This is also a tradition that China has been working hard to achieve in the years after China, and this is a fantasy that I want to achieve in medieval Europe.

In terms of size, it is like the unit of weight "Mark". This "Mark" has different weights across Europe. Even if the big businessmen who travel long distances do business with the use of Mark silver coins, this calculation method requires you. Only the head of a mathematician is reliable!

　　 From a small point of view, the weights and measures used between the two neighboring earls and even the baronial lands are different. Anyway, those peasants can be regarded as serfs and are only responsible for their lord, without running around to buy things.

　　Charlize Theron is a white South African, who would have American citizenship again. Before that, he was a Westerner with a typical Western way of thinking. But it has been a long time with Zhang Nan, and the melon seeds are slowly pulling eastward, always feeling that Huaxia is good.

　　 Can eat people’s mouths short, maybe this is the reason for eating more Chinese food.

　　 may also be the charm and integration of Chinese culture. How many barbarians have been tolerated and integrated by the Han people in the years, and Zhang Nan's family seems to be thinking about the direction of integration.

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　　 Tiny gold coins, Charlie still dislikes the pocket size of these little gold coins, feeling that when the rich people wanted silver to pay, they might slip through their fingers.

　　 "If you were a medieval princess shopping on the street, what would you want to buy with such a large denomination of gold coins?"

Zhang Nan was amused by the way she disliked the gold coin. She also thought that the Tremisis gold coin was too small, so she simply picked up a small gold coin that was about 3 times the weight of 1 Tremisis, "This is 1 Suludes. At the beginning, ordinary people may not be able to earn one in a month.

　　You pay with gold coins, beware that others can't get change. "

　　 "Brother, the princess doesn't have to pay for things by herself. There are maids. I haven't brought my own money for a long time."

"Ha ha!…"

　　 Zhang Nan laughed, and the little Nizi in front of him was completely shameless.

　　 "In addition to coming out with me, there is at least one assistant beside you, there are three when you go to film, isn't it the same as the maid?"

　　 Ignoring Zhang Nan's ridicule, the girl took the slightly larger gold coin from him and took a close look: the frontal bust of two characters on one side, and the portrait of Brother **** on the other side.

　　 "When is this?"

　　 The workmanship is pretty small, especially the details of the lines are very clear, and the craftsmanship is first-class.

　　"About 950, the Nomisma coin issued by the Eastern Roman emperor Nicky Forus II contained about 90% of the gold, and its fineness was very good.

　　 The meaning of this ‘Nomisma’ in Greek is ‘money’, which is different from the name of the Sulides gold coin in different periods. The currency with bright lights is equivalent to three tremisi. "

In order for Xiao Nizi to understand, Zhang Nan also used the term "Eastern Roman Empire", which was as obviously problematic as the "Former Soviet Union", or even a completely wrong term. However, after being accepted by the world over time, it was wrong. Yes, it doesn't matter anymore, it has become a convention.

Charlize Theron shrugged his shoulders, "It's complicated! I'm dizzy to hear. I don't even know the currency system of the Europeans in the Middle Ages. Last time you said that there are decimal, decimal, and decimal systems. The weight of these gold coins There is still a fraction."

　　 Zhang Nan smiled and said: "In ancient times, there were no kilograms. The European system is basically a calculation method that has been passed down since ancient Rome.

　　 In 284 AD, Diocletian became the Roman emperor and started casting new gold coins with one-sixtieth of the Roman pound of gold, which is this kind of Sulides.

After Constantine I came to power, he slightly devalued Sulides and changed the weight to one-72th of the Roman pound, which was equivalent to the weight of the gold coins used in ancient Rome BC. They were all in Rome at the beginning. Produced by the Constantinople Mint, the new capital of the Empire.

　　 1 Roman pound is 12 ounces, which is about 328 grams. The weight of this Sule Desi gold coin is 4.48 grams.

　　 "Why did you come here?

　　 I think that almost three-thirds of this pile is about the same as this Sulides. "

　　 This is in the western part of Austria. The distance between Constantinople and Istanbul is almost 1,700 kilometers. If you go to Constantinople from western Austria in the Middle Ages, you are going to the east!

　　 It's a long, long journey. If you need to travel by land through the entire southern European region, it will be a long and arduous journey.

　　 There are no highways, no highways, there are many robbers blocking the way and kings and lords collecting taxes!

If you detour to the southeast from Kitzbühel, or go southwest from Innsbruck to the highest part of the Alps, cross those mountain passes and valleys into Italy, and then board the boat from Venice to Constantinople by sea It's also hard, you have to beware of all kinds of pirates and bad weather that come and go!

　　 The Middle Ages is not modern. The straight-line distance of 1700 kilometers in the air is like the horizon for most people. This time, a large number of gold coins produced in Constantinople appear in western Austria, which makes girls feel a little bit magical.

　　 Zhang Nan didn't take it seriously, and said, "What's weird, the gold coins of the Eastern Roman era will appear in the ancient tombs of the same period in China. They are separated by tens of thousands of kilometers. That distance is much more difficult to walk than in Europe.

I remember that two such gold coins were found in a tomb of a minority princess in Beihe Province, China, and the date is very clear, because we ancient Chinese people with a certain identity will make an epitaph after death, and many of them are the owners of the tomb. Life stories are carved on the stone and then placed in the tomb.

　　 The death time of all the princesses is very clear, it is 550 AD.

　　 One of the two gold coins was coined by Anastasius I of the Eastern Roman Empire around 500 AD, and the other was coined by Justin I around 520 AD.

The two gold coins that 　　 found were scattered in the soil of the cemetery~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The tomb has been stolen many times, and the princess should have more than two Eastern Roman gold coins as a funerary when she was buried.

Everyone loves gold, and there is basically no habit of making gold coins in the ancient Chinese style. These gold coins are very beautiful. At that time, some people used gold to imitate them for funeral objects, but they were better than those of the two Constantinoples. Is much thinner and lighter.

The time when Princess 　　 passed away was only more than 20 years since the casting time of King Justin I gold coins. Gold coins can flow into China over a long distance in such a short period of time. The high-speed distance between us cannot stop business and trade..."

Okay, Zhang Nan is deceiving Xiao Nizi. Those two gold coins should still lie in the ancient tomb. The ancient tomb was initially discovered by archaeology, but the gold coins will have to be more than ten years away. Will be discovered.

"... This heavy Sulides is of good quality, and it is just suitable for large payments such as tax collection and international trade. This kind of gold coin has maintained sufficient value and weight for nearly a thousand years, not only from Eastern Rome. The standard currency is also the currency with the most international reputation in the entire Mediterranean economic circle. Everyone likes it. It is more reliable than the current U.S. dollar!"

　　 It is a miracle that a country can issue consistently reliable gold coins of the same weight in nearly a thousand years. Of course, this time is too long. Waiting for the difference in the Roman Empire is the penguin. This Sulides gold coin also has a different name, such as Nomisma, Hypelun, Perpe, Byzantine...

　　 But they are basically weighing 4.48 grams, and the color is over 90%.

　　How old is the dollar!