She (ϣⲉ)

Il nome copto del dodekanoummion

Abstract

Discussion of the Coptic terms she and kor, referring to bronze monetary units. A discussion of the Coptic texts O.Crum ST 219 = O.Vind.Copt. 275, O.Crum 174 and P.Mon.Epiph. 280, datable between the 6th and 8th centuries, leads to the conclusion that she is the Coptic denomination for the follis, to be understood in these and other contemporary texts not as the actual 40 nummi follis, but in the sense of the 12 nummi coin normally circulating in Byzantine Egypt. The word kor does not indicate a real coin, but is only a specification of she.