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The follis (plural folles; Italian: follaro, Arabic: فلس, romanized: fals) was a type of coin in the Roman and Byzantine traditions. The term follis is

II (685–695 and 705–711) attempted a restoration of the follis size of Justinian I, the follis continued to slowly decrease in size. In the early 9th century

currency of North Macedonia. Though subdivided into one hundred deni (дени), coins with a denomination of less than one denar have not been in use since 2013

Look up follis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A follis was a type of Roman and Byzantine coin. Follis may also refer to: Follis (ball game), or balloon

terms of denarii, although no such coin had been struck for over 50 years (it is believed that the bronze follis was valued at 12+1⁄2 denarii). Like

currency quickly became an important part of trade with other regions. A follis coin has been found in the Charjou desert, north of the River Oxus. Four solidi

: solidi) or nomisma (Greek: νόμισμα, romanized: nómisma, lit. 'coin') was a highly pure gold coin issued in the Later Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire. It

worth one twelfth of an as. By derivation, it was also the name of a bronze coin valued at 1⁄12 of an as made during the Roman Republic. The uncia started

A follis coin of King Aistulf, dating from 749 to 756.

derives from it being worth one quarter of the late, debased follis of the 1080s. The new coin, flat, weighing circa 4 grams and valued (at least initially)