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Coin Type: Silver denarius of M. Sergius Silus, Roman Republic, 116-115 BCE. Mint and Date: Rome, 116-115 BCE. Size and Weight: 17mm x 18mm, 3.83g Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right. EX•S•C before, ROMA and XVI monogram behind. Reverse: Helmeted horseman on rearing horse left, holding sword and severed Gallic head in left hand. Q below horse's forelegs. M SERGI below horseman. Exergue: SILVS Ref: RCV (2000) 163; RSC Sergia 1. Provenance: jeff4532 (eBay), April 2006. BW Ref: 021 024 000 |
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Note 1: This coin commemorates the exploits of the issuer's father in the second Punic war. He had an artificial right hand. Note 2: (A note from RCV:) The issuer strikes as quaestor and by special decree of the Senate (ex senarus consulto). Quaestors were the immediate superiors of the moneyers and under unusual circumstances occasionally utilised their authority to produce coins. | |
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