Valencian Moriscos used Roman-derived currency symbols inherited from ancient Rome
Evidence
These are in fact the symbols that occur in Valencian sources, Christian and Muslim alike, and were still in regular use in the sixteenth century. I preserve them here because they convey very directly the cultural and economic continuity of the Mediterranean world to which Luis al-Gazi, and the Valencian Moriscos in general, fully belonged. We must remember they were heirs to the ancient civilization of the Romans—with its librae, solidi and denarii—as well as being heirs to the civilization of Islam. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 773
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- SHARE: A currency-fascinated friend who collects odd notational survivals would love that ÂŁ.s.d. traces to Roman librae, solidi, denarii via Valencian usage.
- CANDY: The Roman librae-solidi-denarii live on in British pounds-shillings-pence — a genuinely fun party fact.