Wiktionary
n. 1 currency (modern) 2 money (ancient) 3 current coin of a state (ancient) 4 (context rare English) coinage, a monetary system. 5 (context archaic English) A byzant. 6 A stamp, an image on a coin
Wikipedia
__NOTOC__ Nomisma was the ancient Greek word for "money" and is derived from nomos "anything assigned, a usage, custom, law, ordinance".
#: "....but money has become by convention a sort of representative of demand; and this is why it has the name 'money' (nomisma)-because it exists not by nature but by law (nomos) and it is in our power to change it and make it useless." Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics [1133b 1].
In modern Greek, the word nomisma means "currency", It is also a term used by numismatists when referring to the pieces of money or coin in the plural nomismata an example of which is the Aes rude of Numa Pompilius (the 2nd King of Rome).
Usage examples of "nomisma".
After eight days with Judge Mattachine my patience eroded and I hopped the first pod southbound, taking with me all my earthly possessions, consisting of my toothflash and blackhead remover, my key to the master information output, my most recent thumb-account statement, two changes of clothing, and my lucky piece, a Byzantine gold coin, a nomisma of Alexius I.
I will also provide an additional ten nomismata a year for equipment and uniforms.
The extra ten nomismata were more than enough to cover a soldier's gear.