Definition of HYPERPYRON

hyperpyron

Meanings

Plural: hyperpyra, hyperpyrons

Noun

  • A Byzantine coin in use during the late Middle Ages, replacing the solidus as the Byzantine Empire’s gold coinage.

Origin / Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ὑπέρπυρον (hupérpuron). Doublet of perper and perpera.

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