Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Argentarius

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

ARGENTA'RIUS. A private banker, as contradistinguished from the public banker (Mensarius); he received deposits, and allowed interest upon them, acted as money-changer for foreigners, and attended public sales as a broker or commissioner to bid for his employers. Cic. Caecin. 6. Plaut. Aul. iii. 5. 54. Suet. Nero, 5.