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Sergia 1
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Sergia 1 (116/5BC) moneyer M. Sergi Silus
Denarius
Ob: helmeted head of Roma right behind ROMA * in front [EX S ∙ C ∙ ]
Rev: Horseman left holding sword and severed head, before Q (under horse), below
M ∙ SERGI in exergue SILVS
BMCRR II 512
Sydenham 544 (109BC)
Crawford 286/1
Northumberland: Tablet XIV 24
“M. Sergius Silus was urban praetor about B.C. 107; and being the great grandson of the brave Sergius who fought against Hannibal, he here represents his illustrious relative with the glaive in his sinister hand, because he had lost the right one in battle. Eckhel thinks it probable that this device is taken from an equestrian statue erected to the intrepid soldier, who was acknowledged as the representative of valour and fortitude.”
The Sergii boasted their descent from Segestus the Trojan, and they furnished the state with a consul as early as B.C. 437; while Virgil countenances their antiquity in the Aeneid, V 121.”
Sergestusque, domus tenet a quo Sergia nomen,
Centaro invehitur magna,…
And Sergestus, from whom the house held the Sergia name,
He rode in on a great centaur (navis) JPW
Crawford: Not the father of Catilina but a member of a collateral branch of the family.
Reverse depicts the exploits of the moneyer’s grandfather, who was praetor in 197 BC and in his youth fought left-handed after losing his right hand in battle.
(Pliny NH vii 104-6)
Nice old dark toning
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![Sergia 1
Sergia 1 (116/5BC) moneyer M. Sergi Silus
Denarius
Ob: helmeted head of Roma right behind ROMA * in front [EX S ∙ C ∙ ]
Rev: Horseman left holding sword and severed head, before Q (under horse), below
M ∙ SERGI in exergue SILVS
BMCRR II 512
Sydenham 544 (109BC)
Crawford 286/1
Northumberland: Tablet XIV 24
“M. Sergius Silus was urban praetor about B.C. 107; and being the great grandson of the brave Sergius who fought against Hannibal, he here represents his illustrious relative with the glaive in his sinister hand, because he had lost the right one in battle. Eckhel thinks it probable that this device is taken from an equestrian statue erected to the intrepid soldier, who was acknowledged as the representative of valour and fortitude.”
The Sergii boasted their descent from Segestus the Trojan, and they furnished the state with a consul as early as B.C. 437; while Virgil countenances their antiquity in the Aeneid, V 121.”
Sergestusque, domus tenet a quo Sergia nomen,
Centaro invehitur magna,…
And Sergestus, from whom the house held the Sergia name,
He rode in on a great centaur (navis) JPW
Crawford: Not the father of Catilina but a member of a collateral branch of the family.
Reverse depicts the exploits of the moneyer’s grandfather, who was praetor in 197 BC and in his youth fought left-handed after losing his right hand in battle.
(Pliny NH vii 104-6)
Nice old dark toning](albums/userpics/17366/Sergia_1.JPG "Sergia 1
Sergia 1 (116/5BC) moneyer M. Sergi Silus
Denarius
Ob: helmeted head of Roma right behind ROMA * in front [EX S ∙ C ∙ ]
Rev: Horseman left holding sword and severed head, before Q (under horse), below
M ∙ SERGI in exergue SILVS
BMCRR II 512
Sydenham 544 (109BC)
Crawford 286/1
Northumberland: Tablet XIV 24
“M. Sergius Silus was urban praetor about B.C. 107; and being the great grandson of the brave Sergius who fought against Hannibal, he here represents his illustrious relative with the glaive in his sinister hand, because he had lost the right one in battle. Eckhel thinks it probable that this device is taken from an equestrian statue erected to the intrepid soldier, who was acknowledged as the representative of valour and fortitude.”
The Sergii boasted their descent from Segestus the Trojan, and they furnished the state with a consul as early as B.C. 437; while Virgil countenances their antiquity in the Aeneid, V 121.”
Sergestusque, domus tenet a quo Sergia nomen,
Centaro invehitur magna,…
And Sergestus, from whom the house held the Sergia name,
He rode in on a great centaur (navis) JPW
Crawford: Not the father of Catilina but a member of a collateral branch of the family.
Reverse depicts the exploits of the moneyer’s grandfather, who was praetor in 197 BC and in his youth fought left-handed after losing his right hand in battle.
(Pliny NH vii 104-6)
Nice old dark toning")
