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Manius Acilius Glabrius
Manio Acilius Glabrio


Gens: Acilia
Moneyer: Manius Acilius Glabrius
Date and mint: 49 BC - Rome


Obverse: Laureate bust of Salus, right. Dotted border.
Legend: SALVTIS (arriba)

Reverse: Valetudo standing on the left, resting his left arm on the column and holding a snake in his right hand. Dotted border.
Legend: MN ACILIVS III VIR VALETV

Comment: This denarius represents for the first time the image of health feeding a snake. The author of this denarius was a descendant of one of the first people who practiced medicine in Rome.

Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica (2019)
Price: 834
442/1b
442/1b
Image courtesy of: Numismatica Ars Classica

Other references

Crawford: 442/1b
DR: 597
BMCRR (Grueber): Roma 3943
B (Babelon): Acilia 8
RSC (Seaby): Acilia 8a
FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): 95
RC / RCV (D. Sear): 412
CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC: 16a
CRR (Sydenham): 922
Cal (Calicó): 67
RBW:
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