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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1835442, member: 42773&quot;]<a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s28.postimg.org/iegbhunct/image.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Man. Acilius Glabrio, 49 BC. AR Denarius, 18 mm, 3.75 g. Rome mint. Obv: Laureate head of Salus right; behind, SALVTIS. Rev: Valetudo standing left, resting arm on column and holding snake; on right., MN ACILIVS; on left, III VIR VALETV. Crawford 442/1a; Acilia 8; Sydenham 922.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The name Manius Acilius Glabrio is attested no less than seven times in Roman history, but the moneyer in question here was likely a lieutenant of Julius Caesar, <i>quaestor pro praetore</i> (provincial magistrate) in Macedonia from 45 to 44 BC, and suffect consul in 33 BC (T.R.S. Broughton, <i>The Magistrates of the Roman Republic</i>, Vol 1, pp. 308, 326).</p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford dates the coin to 49 BC, and the math adds up rather nicely. Glabrio would have been a member of the <i>IIIviri aere argento auro flando feriundo</i>, and an aspirant to the higher governmental positions he eventually achieved.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m not sure exactly how RRC dates this coin, but given the above information, it certainly doesn’t pose any of the problems associated with, for instance, the Sextus Pompey issues. “For other issues Woytek suggests new mint locations consistent with the movement of the Imperators, whilst Crawford considers it better to think in terms of issues for a given campaign rather than trying to pin down a manufacturing location.” (Andrew McCabe, <a href="http://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/RRC440.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/RRC440.html" rel="nofollow">http://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/RRC440.html</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>If we assume RRC is correct in dating the coin to 49 BC, there is no doubt that it would have been minted in Rome, at the temple of Juno Moneta, as Glabrio’s military and political careers did not flourish till later. Being a moneyer was a stepping stone to bigger things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Salus was the personification of security and well-being. Some sources claim Valetudo was the Roman version of the Greek goddess Hygieia, others claim a connection to the Gaulish god Glanis. Both deities are associated with healing, so its entirely possible that they were merged into Valetudo when they were absorbed into the Roman pantheon. To my knowledge, these denarii of Glabrio are the only types on which Valetudo appears.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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