The curule chair was a folding camp stool that looked and operated much like the inexpensive folding canvas stools we have today. It symbolized the responsibility and authority of the curule aedile. A young man of senatorial rank who wished to follow a career in Roman government would be elected or appointed to a series of magistracies, or government posts. The curule aedileship was the second magistracy in the normal career path. The curule chair on a coin reverse symbolizes sound government and indicates that the person in whose name the coin was struck has improved the government or wishes to be associated in the minds of the Roman people with good government.
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