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Byzantium is well known to have a powerful gold currency, and for using it for political ends; bribing adversaries/enemies, paying soldiery etc. But Byzantium didn't have a good source of silver and rarely issued silver currency.

WI Byzantium had sufficient silver to have regular silver currency? I assume that some productive silver mines will add to the general wealth of the Empire, but what about the effect on the economy? Gold is a bit big to be used every day in life, did this put a dampener on local trade? Would silver coinage stimulate the economy at lower levels, boosting the economy as a whole?
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