Throughout the Republican period, it was the Roman Senate that completely controlled the issuance of coinage through the monetary courts, but later, with the rise of the dictators, its control was reduced to lower valued coins, later passing many of the mints to imperial control.
Durante todo o período republicano, era o senado romano o que controlaba por completo a emisión de moeda a través das magistraturas monetarias, aínda que posteriormente, co auxe dos ditadores, o seu control reduciuse ás moedas menores, pasando máis tarde moitas das cecas a control imperial.