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Marcus Acilius
Marcus Acilius


Gens: Acilia
Moneyer: Marcus Acilius
Date and mint: 130 BC - Rome


Obverse: Bust of Roma with helmet, right; Legend within double dotted border
Legend: M ACILIVS M F
Symbols: Obverse behind, x

Reverse: Hercules on chariot, right, holding reins and trophy on left and right. Dotted border.
Legend: ROMA

Comment: The reverse of this denarius reminds us of the sacrifices made by an ancestor of the Gens.M. Acilius Glabrius after a victory against Antiochus III king of Syria

Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica (2018)
Price: 4,620
255/1
255/1
Image courtesy of: Numismatica Ars Classica

Other references

Crawford: 255/1
DR: 200
BMCRR (Grueber): Roma 1118
B (Babelon): Acilia 4
RSC (Seaby): Acilia 4
FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): 93
RC / RCV (D. Sear): 131
CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC:
CRR (Sydenham): 511
Cal (Calicó): 65
RBW: 1039
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