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A short payment record noting that four solidi less sixteen carats were paid through the rent-collector Serenos to another rent-collector named Serenos as his salary for the 13th indiction. It was written at Oxyrhynchus on 11 April 580.
The year is given by the two Oxyrhynchite eras (256 and 225). The 'private standard' refers to a weight standard for gold coins used in private transactions.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Salary). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
† ἐδόθη διὰ Σερήνου ἐνοικολόγου Σερήνῳ ἐνοικολόγῳ λόγῳ ὀψωνίου τῆς ιγ ἰνδικτίονος ἰδιωτικῷ νομισμάτια τέσσαρα παρὰ κεράτια δεκαέξ, γίνονται ἰδιωτικῷ νομισμάτια δ παρὰ κεράτια ιϛ μόνα. ἔτους σνϛ σκε Φαρμοῦθι ιϛ ἰνδικτίονος τρεισκαιδεκάτης. †
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