scyphate

Meanings

Adjective

Concave or cup-shaped.

Noun

A concave or cup-shaped coin.

Origin

From Latin scyphātus, erroneously interpreted as scyphus + -ātus; in reality, probably derives from Arabic شَفَة, and refers to the distinctive and conspicuous border of the early histamena gold coins.

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