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CH. V]
MONETARY OFFICIALS
133
from the coins dating between the social and civil wars, of
some sixty moneyers only
Inscriptions on coins of the Republic bear witness to certain
extraordinary issues authorized by the Senate :—
S^enatus) C(pnsulto)
Ex S(enatus) C^onsulto)
P(ublice) E(x) S(enatus) C(pnsulto)1 2 3
D[e) S(enatus) S(ententia)
or by the popular vote : —
Pu(blice)—PI. Lucili(us) Ruf (us) [90 b.c.]
RziZZi—P. Servili PI. P(ublice) [89 b.c.]
These issues might be directed by the triumvirs, but most
often a special person
was commissioned for
the purpose. In 82 b. c.
an urban praetor was com-
missioned to melt down
all the temple treasures,
and struck denarii with
the inscription Q. Anto-
(nius) Rcdb(us) Pr(aetor)
S. C. Other inscriptions
of this kind are :—
Fig. 20.—Semuncial bronze semis. Obv.
Head of Jupiter, S. Rev. L.P.DA.P.
Prow of galley. Weight : 6-n
grammes.
L. Torgua(tus) Q(uaestor) Ex 8. C. [99-94 b.c.]
A. Plautius Aed(ilis) Cur(ulis) 8. CP [54 b.c. J
PI. F'an{nius) L. Crit(pnius) P(ublico) A(rgento) Aed(ilcs)
Pl(ebei) [86 b.c.]
The formula Ex A(rgentd) P(ublico)—sometimes without the
preposition—appears on many denarii issued between 90 and
80 b. c., some of them anonymous. L(ege) P(apiria) D(e) A(ere)
P(ublico) is the inscription on the earliest semuncial bronze
(Fig. 20).
1 With three moneyers to the year, we should have for this period more
than double this number. Possibly, however, the appointment was not
annual. Cicero’s use of the word monetalis in reference to Vectenus
(ad Att. x 5 and n) is a jest, the point of which has escaped Lenormant
(iii. pp. 162, 163s), who founds on these passages a theory that Vectenus
was a triumvir but did not issue coins !
2 Others write these abbreviations P(uWi’c)R Sfnatus') C^otisulto).
3 The coins thus signed were probably issued at the expense of the
aedile to serve for his games, and naturally he had to obtain permission
from the government to issue them.
MONETARY OFFICIALS
133
from the coins dating between the social and civil wars, of
some sixty moneyers only
Inscriptions on coins of the Republic bear witness to certain
extraordinary issues authorized by the Senate :—
S^enatus) C(pnsulto)
Ex S(enatus) C^onsulto)
P(ublice) E(x) S(enatus) C(pnsulto)1 2 3
D[e) S(enatus) S(ententia)
or by the popular vote : —
Pu(blice)—PI. Lucili(us) Ruf (us) [90 b.c.]
RziZZi—P. Servili PI. P(ublice) [89 b.c.]
These issues might be directed by the triumvirs, but most
often a special person
was commissioned for
the purpose. In 82 b. c.
an urban praetor was com-
missioned to melt down
all the temple treasures,
and struck denarii with
the inscription Q. Anto-
(nius) Rcdb(us) Pr(aetor)
S. C. Other inscriptions
of this kind are :—
Fig. 20.—Semuncial bronze semis. Obv.
Head of Jupiter, S. Rev. L.P.DA.P.
Prow of galley. Weight : 6-n
grammes.
L. Torgua(tus) Q(uaestor) Ex 8. C. [99-94 b.c.]
A. Plautius Aed(ilis) Cur(ulis) 8. CP [54 b.c. J
PI. F'an{nius) L. Crit(pnius) P(ublico) A(rgento) Aed(ilcs)
Pl(ebei) [86 b.c.]
The formula Ex A(rgentd) P(ublico)—sometimes without the
preposition—appears on many denarii issued between 90 and
80 b. c., some of them anonymous. L(ege) P(apiria) D(e) A(ere)
P(ublico) is the inscription on the earliest semuncial bronze
(Fig. 20).
1 With three moneyers to the year, we should have for this period more
than double this number. Possibly, however, the appointment was not
annual. Cicero’s use of the word monetalis in reference to Vectenus
(ad Att. x 5 and n) is a jest, the point of which has escaped Lenormant
(iii. pp. 162, 163s), who founds on these passages a theory that Vectenus
was a triumvir but did not issue coins !
2 Others write these abbreviations P(uWi’c)R Sfnatus') C^otisulto).
3 The coins thus signed were probably issued at the expense of the
aedile to serve for his games, and naturally he had to obtain permission
from the government to issue them.