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Time of Honorius - Anastasius I Æ Exagium Solidi Weight. Mint of Ravenna (?). Cross within frame / RAV-Monogram, S-C across fields. Bendall -. 4.20g, 15mm.
Near Extremely Fine.
The S-C is quite unusual to find on Exagium Solidi Weights. A Senatus Consultum (Latin - decree of the senate; plural senatus consulta) is a text emanating from the senate in Ancient Rome. Under the Roman Empire, the Roman legislative assemblies were rapidly neutralised. Realising these assemblies were very corrupt and dysfunctional, the first emperors transferred all legislative powers to the senate. After this transfer, the senatus consulta had the force of law. The senate's legislative power and right to issue consulta were suppressed in the 3rd century under the Dominate, in reference to the full powers conferred to the imperium. In the continued decline in praetorian law, the change rendered the emperor alone the guarantor of law and the Imperial constitution.
Near Extremely Fine.
The S-C is quite unusual to find on Exagium Solidi Weights. A Senatus Consultum (Latin - decree of the senate; plural senatus consulta) is a text emanating from the senate in Ancient Rome. Under the Roman Empire, the Roman legislative assemblies were rapidly neutralised. Realising these assemblies were very corrupt and dysfunctional, the first emperors transferred all legislative powers to the senate. After this transfer, the senatus consulta had the force of law. The senate's legislative power and right to issue consulta were suppressed in the 3rd century under the Dominate, in reference to the full powers conferred to the imperium. In the continued decline in praetorian law, the change rendered the emperor alone the guarantor of law and the Imperial constitution.