The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

Here Zhang Nan picked up a gold coin with a different pattern from the Nomisma coin, which was bent a bit like a small plate, and said to Charlie: "This was issued by the Eastern Roman Emperor Alexius I around 1100 AD. Hypelun coin, the meaning of “hypelun” is “super refined” in Greek.

At this time, 800 years have passed since the time of Constantine I. The weight of this gold coin is still the standard Sulides. If it is not worn, it is still 4.48 grams. It is the shape that has become a common feature of the currency of the middle and late Eastern Roman Empire. Dish-shaped.

　　 A gold coin of this size is about 10 cents in size, and weighs between 10 cents and 25 cents. It is actually very convenient to use, and the ancients were also very clever. "

　　 The size is right. Who would complain that the blood cents are too small or too big?

　　 At this time, Huaxia also began to issue coins of one yuan and five cents. This kind of gold coin is slightly larger than the five-pointed plum, and the thickness is slightly thinner. If it is used by Huaxia people, it will not be too small or too small.

　　 It's just gold.

"Gold at that time was really valuable. I'm not saying that ordinary people would probably not earn 1 surrods in a month. So at that time, the Mint in Constantinople also produced two small gold coins as gold. Tokens."

　　 changed to a smaller gold coin, "This is it, Semisis, which means one-half, and the weight and value are half of the Sulides gold coin.

　　 There is also Tremisis that you were too young just now, which means one-third, one-third of Sulides gold coins. "

　　 Then he found a small gold coin on the tablecloth, about the size of Tremisis (1/3), and handed it to Charlize Theron.

　　 "Look at this, the casting time is at least 1200 years away from now, the workmanship is very rough, it is an imitation of Western Europe at that time."

　　 The girl took it and took a look, "Who copied it?"

　　"The Visigoths, they established the Visigoth kingdom in what is now Spain and southern France in the 5th to the 8th century.

At that time, the Western Roman Empire was reimbursed, and the Germanic countries that took over Western Europe also copied and issued their own gold coins in the name and head of the emperor of Constantinople. Like this one, I think the copy should be about 500 years old in the park. Gold coin with the head of Anastasius I.

However, at the beginning, the gold reserves in Western Europe were still relatively abundant. The quality of Suledes produced in Western Europe was almost as good as that of Constantinople. However, the economic conditions in the west were not comparable to those in the wealthy eastern Mediterranean, except for slaves. Besides, there is no decent export of trade commodities.

　　From the East, not the East China, but the Eastern Roman Empire and the Arab world. The Western Europeans at that time could not directly do business with China.

The luxury goods purchased from the East consume the gold reserves of Western Europe, so the imitation gold coins that can be seen in Western Europe are basically this kind of "one-third Tremisis", but at that time Western Europeans called this Su Ludes, referred to as'Su'.

　　 Haven't you seen some movies and TV series in the early Middle Ages, where they always said that you need ‘how many so many sou’ to buy a horse. They are talking about this ‘su’, but it’s not Sulides of the Eastern Roman Empire.

　　Western European countries are poor. By the 8th century, except for Italy under the rule of the Eastern Roman Empire and Spain in Muslin, the production of gold coins was completely stopped throughout Western Europe. "

　　 Charlize Theron was looking at the gold coin in his hand, and said: "The gold coin from 500 AD is in the same place as the silver bar from 700 years later. This treasure... spans long enough!"

　　 Zhang Nan smiled, "It's not surprising that there are all the coin treasures found in the Huaxia Cellar that have a 1500-year difference in casting time.

　　 Gold coins are money at all times. I am the rich man who hides this money. Then I will try my best to hide gold coins. At that time, such gold coins were valuable!

　　 Regardless of when it was produced, the ancestors hid it for generations, and it was normal for several generations or dozens of generations. "

　　 "Then there is no gold for gold coins, what do they use?"

　　"Silver coins, silver is used if there is no gold, and then the quality is getting worse and worse, and finally there is no way to use dog teeth.

　　 Charlie, in the era of "dog teeth", this gold coin is definitely a treasure among treasures, isn't it? "

　　 At this point, the girl has to ask another question, curiosity can't stop it.

　　 "How much was such a gold coin worth at that time?

　　 I said this kind of smallest. "

　　 She refers to the "Su" of Western Europe, not the Sulides of the Eastern Roman Empire.

　　"It's harder to estimate.

　　 There are many currencies in the Middle Ages, and the value is difficult to estimate, but prices were stable in ancient Rome. The daily life of people who lived in the Middle Ages was basically unrelated to the commodity economy, and history went backwards.

　　 Ordinary people are self-sufficient. Even the nobles can only levy taxes and tributes in kind. Only some non-daily commodities that cannot be produced by their own estates need to be purchased.

　　 Even so, most of this transaction is bartering.

　　 If you must have data, only a rough estimate can be made from the scattered transaction records handed down in Western Europe at that time, when prices were relatively stable.

About 1 Su can buy 1 sheep, a pig plus a few Denier silver coins weighing more than 1 gram, 3 to 5 su for 1 cow, 1 workhorse for 13 su, and war horses. 5 times more expensive, at least 60 su.

　　 1 sou can buy 1 moto, which is approximately equivalent to the current 17 liters of grain.

　　 One liter of wheat is about kilograms.

As for the documents left by the Eastern Roman Empire, there are more records. In Constantinople at the same time, 1 Sulides, a gold coin that is three times heavier than the Western European coin of the same name, can buy at least 12 mods. Grain ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ The price of grain is at most a quarter of that in Western Europe. The price of livestock for meat is basically the same as that of Western Europe, while the price of cattle and horses for labor is up to two or three times more expensive. "

　　 Chali seemed to have heard something wrong, and said: "Brother, at that time wheat was more expensive than sheep?"

　　 There will always be 13 kilograms of a live sheep, and most of them should be more than just the same price as 13 kilograms of wheat?

　　 Zhang Nan tilted his head, "How do I know.

　　 Anyway, as the literature says, perhaps the bread at that time was super expensive. Lenin’s guard Vasily didn’t tell his wife; my dear, there will be bread and milk! "

　　 The girl laughed, this is a metaphor!

interesting.

　　 There are also a few gold coins that Zhang Nan doesn't like, and Charlie recognizes, the dinars of the Arab Empire.

　　It is not only Western Europe in the Middle Ages that was influenced by the Roman coinage tradition, but also the Islamic world. For example, in the Arab Empire, two currencies have long been used: the golden dinar and the silver dirham.

Dinar is a gold coin that completely imitates the Roman Empire Sulides. It is slightly lighter than the latter and weighs about 4.25 grams. Dinar is a silver coin of about 3 grams, all minted at the Damascus Mint. .

　　 Since the 8th century, Arab pirates and merchants have entered Europe in large numbers, and this kind of gold dinar is also very popular in Western Europe.

　　 As for Zhang Nan's dislike of Jin Dinar, the reason is also simple: it looks too ugly! Because idolatry is strictly prohibited, the coins of the Arab Empire often have no human figures.