Consular coin

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Konsularmünzen (also Family coins; lat. Nummi consulares ) are at the time of the Roman Republic coined coins .

Since the Roman Senate in 44 BC Chr. Julius Caesar had given the right to mint coins with his likeness and to bring them into circulation, his successors also claimed this right for themselves. In addition to the images of the consuls, there are also coins with the heads of their wives.

In the transcriptions the family names, often only the surnames, are printed, hence the name family coins.

literature

  • Babelon: Description of historique et chronologique des monnaies de la République romaine . 2 vols. Paris (1885–1887)