''Nomisma'' ( el, νόμισμα) was the ancient Greek word for "money" and is derived from nomos (νόμος) anything assigned, a usage, custom, law, ordinance".
[The King James Version New Testament Greek Lexicon; Strong's Number:3546]
The term ''nomos'' may also refer to an approximately 8 gram Achaean coin denomination.
Other uses
In
Modern Greek
Modern Greek (, , or , ''Kiní Neoellinikí Glóssa''), generally referred to by speakers simply as Greek (, ), refers collectively to the dialects of the Greek language spoken in the modern era, including the official standardized form of the ...
, the word ''nomisma'' means "currency".
[Greek-English Lexicon] It is also a term used by
numismatists when referring to the ''pieces of money or coin'' in the ''plural'' ''
nomismata
''Nomisma'' ( el, νόμισμα) was the ancient Greek word for "money" and is derived from nomos (νόμος) anything assigned, a usage, custom, law, ordinance".The King James Version New Testament Greek Lexicon; Strong's Number:3546
The te ...
'' an example of which is the
Aes rude
Aes rude Pliny the Elder: ''Naturalis Historia'', XXXIII, XIII, 43 (Latin, "rough bronze") was a nugget of bronze used as a sort of proto-currency in ancient Italy prior to the use of minted coins made from precious metals.
The Italian economy of ...
of
Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius (; 753–672 BC; reigned 715–672 BC) was the legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus after a one-year interregnum. He was of Sabine origin, and many of Rome's most important religious and political institutions ar ...
(the 2nd King of Rome).
[Pliny the Elder 77 A.C.E., book 34]
See also
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Aristotle
Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of ...
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Numismatics
Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects.
Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also inc ...
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Roman Republican coinage
Roman Republican currency refers to the coinage struck by the various magistrates of the Roman Republic, to be used as legal tender. In modern times, the abbreviation RRC, "Roman Republican Coinage" originally the name of a reference work on the t ...
References
Citations
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Bibliography
*''Ancient Greek-NOMISMA:'' "money", The King James Version (KJV) New Testament Greek Lexicon; Strong's Number:354
*Aristotle, NICOMACHEAN ETHICS
133b 1 translations: a) Thomas Taylo
b) Sir (William) David Ross KB
c) Harris Rackha
*''Contemporatary Greek-NOMISMA:'' "currenc
http://www.in.gr/dictionary/lookup.asp?Word=currency]
*Pliny the Elder, The Natural History,BOOK XXXIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS. CHAP. 1. (1.)--THE ORES OF BRASS., Editions and translations: English (ed.
John Bostock (physician), John Bostock and
Henry Thomas Riley
Henry Thomas Riley (June 1816 – 14 April 1878) was an English translator, lexicographer, and antiquary.
Life
Born in June 1816, he was only son of Henry Riley of Southwark, an ironmonger. He was educated at Chatham House, Ramsgate, and at Char ...
, Latin (ed. Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhof
Currency
Coins
Greek words and phrases
Numismatics