Coelia gens

The gens Coelia, occasionally written Coilia, was a plebeian family at ancient Rome.

The Coelii are frequently confounded with the Caelii, with some individuals called Caelius in manuscripts, while they appear as Coelius or Coilius on coins.

The first of this gens who obtained the consulship was Gaius Coelius Caldus in 94 BC.

[2] The Caelii mentioned in history used the praenomina Lucius, Gaius, and Marcus, all of which were amongst the most common names at Rome.

There only regular surname of this gens under the Republic was Caldus, derived from the Latin calidus, which translates "hot" or "rash".

Denarius issued by Gaius Coelius Caldus in 104 BC. The obverse depicts a head of Roma , the reverse Victoria driving a biga . [ 1 ]