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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 6939741, member: 91461&quot;]Wonderful toning and excellent background to the importance of the coin<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! As well, I didn&#039;t know that Saturninus had coins! One more for the list. Thanks so much SA!</p><p>Speaking of Marius, talk about a twist of irony here: As mentioned at the top, Q Servilius&#039;s dad had refused to work with the more Sr general due to him being a novus homo &quot;new man&quot; which led to both of their armies being destroyed.</p><p>Well, Jr was given co-command with Marius, the same man whose lex agraria he was against as well as Marius being a novus homo, (who, rightly, thought he should be given sole command) and tried giving Marius commands! Which Marius promptly ignored leaving Caepio alone. This ultimately leading to the ambush and massacre of Servilius and all his men.</p><p>On a side note, kinda funny that he had to make a coin commemorating a bill he stood against.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Oh, and another silly side note; 100 BCE (some say 101) is generally the year agreed upon as the year of Julius Caesar&#039;s birth. Soooo much history for one little inconspicuous coin to contain<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Here&#039;s another Servilius coin from that year. However, we know very little about this Servilius, other than it being assumed that he is the father of the tribune of the plebs, Servilius Rullus, who opposed Cisero in 63 BCE on the lex Servilia:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273293[/ATTACH] </p><p><b><u>P. Servilius M. f. Rullus</u></b></p><p><br /></p><p>AR Denarius. Rome, 100 BCE. Helmeted bust of Minerva left wearing aegis, RVLLI behind / Victory, holding palm frond and reins, driving galloping biga right, P below; SERVILI M F in exergue. Crawford 328/1; Sydenham 601; Servilia 14.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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