"Asper" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "Nusf"half (a dirham): vulgarly pronounced "nuss," and synonymous with the Egypt. "Faddah" (silver), the Greek "Asper," and the Turkish "parah." It is the smallest Egyptian coin, made of very base metal and, there being forty to the piastre, it is worth nearly a quarter of ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton |
