Currencies

[Sextus Saturninus]

By the fifth century, the only circulating coins in the Western Empire were the nummus ( small little coins, size AE4 ), the tremissis, and the solidus. The only bronze coin was the tiny nummus, so if you wanted change, you would receive it in the form of many hundreds or even thousands of nimmi. All the other coins were out of use. Wikipedia has that wrong. That's why you can never use it as a source :-)