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- Medieval Greek · borrowed fromὑπέρπυρον
- English todayhyperpyron
From Medieval Greek ὑπέρπυρον (hupérpuron). Doublet of perper and perpera.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hyperpyron
Today it means: A Byzantine coin in use during the late Middle Ages, replacing the solidus as the Byzantine Empire’s gold coinage. Full definition →
Medieval Greek ὑπέρπυρον