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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2375163, member: 72818&quot;]At first glance I wasn&#039;t particularly interested in another of this &#039;type&#039;, but a closer look indicated some &#039;variants&#039; that I found interesting----at least at a low cost. The obverse has an EX S C (special issue under the mandate of the senate by the Quaestor) and the reverse a galloping horseman holding a &#039;barbarian&#039;s&#039; head (although that &#039;smudge&#039; takes more than a little imagination to see it as it should be), both &#039;devices&#039; missing from my other examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>The moneyer, M Sergius Silus, commemorates his grandfather who suffered 23 wounds and the loss of an arm, but still fought on during the Gallic and 2nd Punic War. Apparently this ancestor also fashioned himself a right arm of iron to replace the one he lost in battle yet still was active in combat. I assume that iron arm must have been an interesting source of conversation at the baths <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>AR Denarius, M Sergius Silus, 116-115 BC Rome Mint; 20 mm. 3.80 grams</p><p>Crawford 286/1 Syd 534</p><p>Head of Roma right, EX S C before, ROMA and XVI monogram(?) or X behind (sign of value),</p><p>M SERGI SILVS below horseman galloping left, holding sword and head of barbarian, Q below horse&#039;s leg.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not certain about the significance of the &#039;Q&#039; ? A control of the first letter of his office as Quaestor??</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post whatever you may feel is appropriate.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]486149[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]486151[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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