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a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages

a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages

a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

sol'i-dus, n. a Roman gold coin introduced by Constantine in place of the aureus, known later as the bezant: a sign (/) denoting the English shilling, representing the old lengthened form of s--£ s. d. (libræ, solidi, denarii), pounds, shillings, pence.

(pl. -di). (Hist.) gold coin introduced by Roman Emperor Constantine; (only in abbr. s.) shilling (s), as 7s. 6d., £1 1s.; the shilling line (for 2 or long s) as in 7/6. [Late Latin]