Comes
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Comes, translated as count, was a Roman title, generally linked to a comitatus or comital office.
Constantine I SOLI INVICTO COMITI (Comes to Sol Invictus)
13th-century inscription in Trento Cathedral, reading Iacobus comes, "Count James"
Roman finance
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The practices of ancient Roman finance, while originally rooted in Greek models, evolved in the second century BC with the expansion of Roman monetization. Roman elites engaged in private lending for
Ivory bankers' tallies used to seal bags of denarii that were checked for weight and purity of silver
The insignia of the comes sacrarum largitionum in the Notitia Dignitatum: money bags and pieces of ore signifying his control over mines and mints, and the codicil of his appointment on a stand