Nummularius (of lat. nummulus: "„Change "“, "„miserable, money "“) is the name for a in the Roman realm.

Since the second half 2. Century v. Chr. which were sometimes also called spectator or probator, were in particular well-known. Sometimes one designated also exchange brokers or bankers with the term. Generally a Nummularius had the task, coins of bankers and buyers with the entrance and exit by keys, feeling, smelling, to naturally examine a hearing and a seeing for its validity and authenticity.

Admits is the by the tesserae nummulariae designated with the modern term technicus. On these vierkanntigen marks stood on the first side the name of the Nummularius, on the second side the name of the gentleman or a free on the third side the inspection mark (spectavit) with indication of day and month. On the fourth side became in the time between 96 v. Chr. and 88 n. Chr. additionally the consuls as yearly indication added.

Nummularii were first slaves, late releasing and finally also freeborn. In the Kaiser era there was imperial Nummularii, which had there obviously a control function in the The supervision over it lay in Rome with praefectus urbi, in the provinces with the governor. In its time as governors Galba let both hands chop off a fraudulent Nummularius. Their tasks were regulated by a praetorisches edict (Digesten 16.3.7.2).

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• Astragalus nummularius Lam.
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• Astragalus nummularius Lam. nummularius Lam.
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• Evolvulus nummularius in Flora of China @ efloras.org
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• Linnean herbarium (S-LINN), Evolvulus nummularius L.
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