Supporting research record

Sou / sol

T-FTM000561 · Outside the currency tree

Twelve-denier accounting multiple; not the late Roman gold solidus.

Instrument, denomination, issuer, monetary standard or other context: not a separate currency node.

Currency profiles

Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Imported sou: accounting denomination. Dated evidence is not proof of an uninterrupted lifetime.

Supported C232

Monnaie de Paris describes Carolingian accounting as one pound, twenty sous, or 240 deniers.

Monnaie de Paris, 3 March 2017 · Métalmorphoses: chronology Citation S115 · Open source ↗

PDF p. 2, circa 770–790 entry

Source access and limitations

Exhibition overview contains simplifications and errors outside selected claims, including Joachimsthal 1486.

Not a universal chronology authority; gros dating checked against object catalogue.

Supported C233

Berlin describes the Carolingian silver denier, a twelve-denier account solidus, and the 793/794 reform.

Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin · Charlemagne denier, Treviso; object 18245129 Citation S120 · Open source ↗

Charlemagne background

Source access and limitations

Treviso specimen evidences empire-wide context, not a French mint.

No invariant gram conversion inferred for the Carolingian pound.

Supported C715

Sou / sol derives from solidus.

Académie française · Académie française — Sou Citation S364 · Open source ↗

Named short source page; relevant history/definition passage as reported in the handoff.

Source access and limitations

Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.