numisma

Etymology
From, , variant of Latin , from , for current money, coin, usage, lit. "what has been sanctioned by custom or use," from , itself from. Related to 🇨🇬. See numismatic and nomisma.

Noun

 * 1) In modern usage, money or currency; rarely, coinage, especially as a means to control a monetary system (i.e., as coinage can mean a monetary system). Archaically, a byzant (specific gold coin). In ancient use, the current coin of a state.

Usage notes
See numismatic and nomisma.

Related terms
See numismatics, and other derived and related terms there.

Etymology
See etymology subsection under English.

Noun

 * 1) coin