In them may be noticed the swift degeneration of the gold solidus through silver and potin to bronze.
They were valued officially at of the gold solidus but more usually rated to or .
They were named after their weight of six grammata (6.84 grams), and probably valued at 12 to the gold solidus.
Diocletian's policy of preserving a stable silver coinage was abandoned, and the gold solidus became the Empire's primary currency instead.
The Sultan of Egypt offered a reward of one gold solidus for the head of each crusader.
We never received so much as a gold solidus on the Wall.
This,' she said, taking out a single gold solidus, 'is for forgetting you ever saw us.
De Bracineaux put his hand into the leather purse at his belt, withdrew it and flipped a gold solidus to the young man.
Despite Diocletian's introduction of the gold solidus and monetary reforms, the credit market of the Empire never recovered its former robustness.
That was too bulky; one gold solidus equalled about fourteen thousand nummi.
