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The triumviri monetalis supervised the issuing of Roman coins. Their number was increased by Julius Caesar to four, but again reduced by Augustus. As they acted for the senate they only coined copper money under the empire, the gold and silver coinage being under the exclusive control of the emperor. [4]
Denarius of C. Cossutius Maridianus, 44 BC, with the head of Julius Caesar on the obverse. The legend on the reverse mentions A. A. A. F. F.. [1]The triumvir monetalis (pl. tresviri or triumviri monetales, also called the triumviri (tresviri) aere argento auro flando feriundo, abbreviated IIIVIR A. A. A. F. F.) was a moneyer during the Roman Republic and the Empire, who oversaw the minting of ...
Roman currency names survive today in many countries via the Carolingian monetary system, such as the dinar (from the denarius coin), the British pound (a translation of the Roman libra, a unit of weight), the peso (also a translation of libra), and the words for the general concept of money in the Iberian Romance languages (e.g. Spanish dinero ...
Title page of the 1645 edition of Icones Imperatorum Romanorum.The figures depicted are Constantine the Great (left), Julius Caesar (center) and Rudolf I (right).. Icones Imperatorum Romanorum ('Images of the Emperors of the Romans'), originally published under the title Vivae omnium fere imperatorum imagines, is a 1557 originally Latin-language numismatic and historical work by the Dutch ...
On 'Pawn Stars,' a man brought in a rare Roman coin with the Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar on it, who was also known as Caligula. Rick's first question was obvious: "Is it real?" The expert, Mark ...
The pileus cap was a Roman symbol of freedom, and was often worn by recently freed slaves. [4] The daggers represent the weapons which were used to kill Julius Caesar. [5] The minting of the coins took place between 43 and 42 BC, coinciding with the Liberators' civil war. The coins were struck by a "military mint" which traveled with Brutus. [6]
The most expensive aureus ever sold was one issued in 42 BC by Marcus Junius Brutus, the assassin of Gaius Julius Caesar, which had a price realized of $3.5 million in November 2020. [3] There is an example of this coin on permanent display at the British Museum in London.)
This Ancient Roman Bullet Has Caesar’s Name On It Moralejo Ordax et al The study of a 2,000-year-old bullet found in Spain gives clues to the final days of the Roman civil war.