Mint and Date: Rome, 116-115 BCE.
Size and Weight: 17mm x 18mm, 3.8g
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
Provenance: jeff4532 (eBay), April 2006.
Note: This coin commemorates the exploits of the moneyer's father in the second Punic war. He had an artificial right hand.
BW Ref: 021 024 000