Item: i8831
 
Certified Authentic Ancient Coin of:

ROMAN REPUBLIC - Julius Caesar Time - L. Valerius Acisculus Moneyer -
Silver Denarius 20mm (2.7 grams) Struck at the mint of Rome 45 B.C. -
Reference Valeria 14 (£300 in 1978 Edition) RARE; B.M.C. 4109; Syd. 1000; Craw 474/3a -
Head of Apollo Soranus right, ACISCVLUS and pickaxe (acisculus) behind, star above, all in laurel-wreath.
Head of Valeria Luperca (or the Aphrodisian Sibyl) right, L . VALERIVS before, all in laurel-wreath. -

This type refers to the legendary origin of the family. Plutarch relates that when the plague visited Falerii, in Etruria, the oracle announced that the scourge would only cease by the annual sacrifice of a virgin to Juno. This superstition was long maintained till the lot fell on young virgin named Valeria Luperca; when she drew forth the sword to slay herself an eagle descended and carried off this weapon and deposited on the altar a hammer, it then threw the sword on a heifer grazing nearby. When the virgin saw this she sacrificed the heifer and taking the hammer she went from house to house restoring the sick by touching them gently with the hammer, and telling them to be healed. -

 A moneyer is someone who physically creates money. Moneyers have a long tradition, dating back at least to ancient Greece. They became most prominent, however, in the Roman Republic, continuing into the empire.

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