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The term trachy ( Greek: τραχύ), plural trachea (τραχέα), meaning "rough" or "uneven", was used to describe the cup-shaped (incorrectly often called " scyphate") Byzantine coins struck in the 11th–14th centuries. [1] The term was properly applied to coins of electrum, billon, or copper, and not to the gold hyperpyra. [1]
This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (March 2024) |
The term trachy ( Greek: τραχύ), plural trachea (τραχέα), meaning "rough" or "uneven", was used to describe the cup-shaped (incorrectly often called " scyphate") Byzantine coins struck in the 11th–14th centuries. [1] The term was properly applied to coins of electrum, billon, or copper, and not to the gold hyperpyra. [1]