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nummularius

nummularius · adj

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Where it lives

Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

nummŭlārĭus — Lewis & Short

nummŭlārĭus (nūm-), a, um, adj.nummulus,

I of or belonging to moneychanging; as adj. very rare: mensa, Dig. 14, 3, 20.—

II Subst.: nummŭlārĭus (nūm-), ii, m., a money-changer, moneybroker, mensarius (post-Aug.; cf. argentarius): nummulario, non ex fide versanti pecunias, manus amputavit mensaeque ejus affixit, Suet. Galb. 9; Petr. 56; Dig. 16, 3, 7; Mart. 12, 57, 8.—

B An officer of the mint who tested the silver before it was coined, Inscr. Orell. 3226; 3227.

In the wild

nummulari Suetonius, Divus Augustus 4.2
nummulariorum Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 10.3
nummulariorum Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 125.20
nummularius Petronius, Satyricon 56
nummularium Petronius, Satyricon 56
nummulario Suetonius, Galba 9.1

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Where it came from

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