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Silver Denarius - Æ 18 mm - 5 gr - Die axis 11:00 - RRC 286/1, RCV 163 - Struck 116-155 BC.
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ROMA [XVI] (16 (asses worth)) Vertically at right : EX•S•C (Ex Senatus
Consulto - By a decree of the Senate). Roma, wearing elaborate helmet, long hair in g=her neck coming out under it. Facing right. Left half of coin with dotted rim. First half of text at left side, outward readable. Second half of text at right, inward readable.
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Q - M•SERGI (Quaestor M. Sergi(us)).
Horseman on galloping horse. Wearing trousers, cape, nude waist, shield on his back. Drags severed head with left hand behind him. While going leftwards. Dotted rim at left half of coin. In front of the horses head there are two dots. In this case giving the impression of a second horses head or coin is slightly doublestruck.
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SILV[S] (the Family name). |
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This coin was struck while M. Sergius Silus was Quaestor, as indicated by the Q on reverse. Silus was the grandfather of Cataline. He struck this coin in honor of his own father (with the same name). This father distinguished himself by his extraordinary bravery during the 2nd Punic War. During these he a.o. lost his right hand and received 23 wounds in two campaigns. Even kept fighting the Carthaginians while still having just one hand !
Minted in Rome.
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