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During the principate of Augustus Caesar, a series of 'asses' (RIC I2 Augustus 390–396) were minted bearing the image of Augustus on the obverse and Numa Pompilius on the reverse. Discussion of this coin in the context of Augustan ideology has been limited (Evans, 1985; Grant, 1953). Although one aspect of the coin’s message relates to the promotion of the moneyer’s family, a closer analysis of its iconographical and historical context provides important evidence for the early public image of Augustus, particularly in regard to religion. To that end, this article intends to establish the traditional use of kings in Republican coins and the development of religious iconography in early Augustan coinage. Examination of these asses can be divided into two groups of coins which were minted at different times, first in 22 BCE (RIC I2 Augustus 390–393) and then again in 12 BCE (RIC I2 Augustus 394–396).

Résumé. — This article proposes that some of the names of Anglo-Saxon moneyers found on English coinage from Of fa of Mercia (757-796) to Edward the Confessor (1042- 1066) can be identified with persons mentioned in contemporary documents (charters or wills). If this is correct it throws important light on the status of moneyers at this period, since several of the names in the documents are those of ministři (king's thegns). In one case, at the end of the eighth century, there is a possible identity between a moneyer and a bishop, reminiscent of the case of Eligius in the first half of the seventh century in France., Stewart Ian. Ministri and Monetarii. In: Revue numismatique, 6e série - Tome 30, année 1988 pp. 166-175.