Nomisma Explained

Nomisma (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: νόμισμα) was the ancient Greek word for "money" and is derived from nomos (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: νόμος) meaning "'anything assigned,' 'a usage,' 'custom,' 'law,' 'ordinance,' or 'that which is a habitual practice.'"^[1]

The term nomos may also refer to an approximately 8 gram Achaean coin denomination.^{[2] [3]}

Other uses

In Modern Greek, the word nomisma means "currency".^[4] It is also a term used by numismatists when referring to the pieces of money or coin in the plural nomismata an example of which is the Aes rude of Numa Pompilius (the 2nd King of Rome).^[5]

See also

• Aristotle
• Numismatics
• Roman Republican coinage

References

Bibliography

• Ancient Greek-NOMISMA: "money", The King James Version (KJV) New Testament Greek Lexicon; Strong's Number:3546 http://www.foreignword.com/Tools/dictsrch_aff.asp?menu=N&query=nomisma&src=CQ&go=Translate&trg=BP
• Aristotle, NICOMACHEAN ETHICS [1133b 1], translations: a) Thomas Taylor https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8438; b) Sir (William) David Ross KBE http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.5.v.html; c) Harris Rackham https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0053&layout=&loc=1133b+1
• Contemporatary Greek-NOMISMA: "currency"http://www.kypros.org/cgi-bin/lexiconhttp://www.in.gr/dictionary/lookup.asp?Word=currency
• Pliny the Elder, The Natural History,BOOK XXXIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS. CHAP. 1. (1.)--THE ORES OF BRASS., Editions and translations: English (ed. John Bostock and Henry Thomas Riley| Latin (ed. Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff)https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0137:book=34:chapter=1

Notes and References

1. The King James Version New Testament Greek Lexicon; Strong's Number:3546
2. Web site: Forum Ancient Coins. Forum Ancient Coins. en. 2018-02-18.
3. Web site: Greek, Lucania – 530 BC. ancientnomosart.org. 2018-02-18.
4. Greek-English Lexicon
5. Pliny the Elder 77 A.C.E., book 34