The old Roman coin the solidus was considered to be wholly reliable, and a soldier was one who was paid in solidi. |
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He established a gold coinage of 72 solidi to the pound, but the other coinage continued to depreciate. |
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I desire that you give the woman, Pateria, forty solidi for the children's shoes and forty bushels of grain. |
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If someone uncovers the head of a free, unmarried woman, he is fined 6 solidi. |
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The word soldier is ultimately derived from solidus, referring to the solidi with which soldiers were paid. |
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This is a grant by Odoacer to Pierius of properties in Sicily near Syracuse and on the island of Melita in Dalmatia, worth in total 690 solidi. |
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Although imperial law forbade merchants from exporting solidi outside imperial territory, many solidi have been found in Russia, Central Europe, Georgia, and Syria. |
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