DR-597 | Crawford: 442/1b
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 €
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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