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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3879299, member: 84744"]Kinda gross but cool post! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'll contribute a Valetudo with notes cribbed from [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024789[/ATTACH]</p><p>M. Acilius Glabrio AR denarius, 49 BCE, from the Quidenham hoard (buried at the time of Boudicca's revolt)</p><p><font size="4">–– Valetudo on the reverse was the goddess of physical well-being. It has been suggested that the Acilia were possibly responsible for the early promotion of private medical practice in Rome, and this may be a reference. It may also refer to Pompey's recovery from a grave illness the year before the coin was issued, an event which was widely celebrated throughout Italy.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3879299, member: 84744"]Kinda gross but cool post! :D I'll contribute a Valetudo with notes cribbed from [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]: [ATTACH=full]1024789[/ATTACH] M. Acilius Glabrio AR denarius, 49 BCE, from the Quidenham hoard (buried at the time of Boudicca's revolt) [SIZE=4]–– Valetudo on the reverse was the goddess of physical well-being. It has been suggested that the Acilia were possibly responsible for the early promotion of private medical practice in Rome, and this may be a reference. It may also refer to Pompey's recovery from a grave illness the year before the coin was issued, an event which was widely celebrated throughout Italy.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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