Visigothic solidus accounting
Visigothic solidus accounting: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
- Roman solidus
Its place in the family
All ancestors and descendants ↗Visigothic solidus accounting
This currencyChildren 0
No successor is established here.
Trace its ancestry backward
Visigothic solidus accounting
Roman solidus–nomisma
Roman as–denarius accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
The story
Visigothic Code VII.6.v imposes compensation of three gold solidi and a judicial payment of one-third solidus for refusing acceptable money. The translation is editorially dated c. 681; that approximate observation is not a currency foundation. [1]
Kurt identifies Roman gold coinage as the Visigothic starting point and describes close early imitation. He discusses prestige alongside fiscal and other uses. The admitted Roman-to-Visigothic account ancestry rests additionally on continued solidus reckoning; visual imitation is corroboration, and a universal legitimacy motive is not assumed. [2]
Sources and evidence
- Visigothic Code; Cave and Coulson translation via Fordham · On Coinage, c. 681 C1986 ↗
- Andrew Kurt · Visigothic Currency in its Making and Movement (2019) C2096 ↗
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“Visigothic solidus accounting.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V34-VISIGOTHIC-SOLIDUS.html