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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2443422, member: 44132&quot;]I just received a couple of RR coins in Saturday&#039;s post and this is just one of them. It caught my eye because Roma seems to have an extreme Roman nose extending straight up the forehead.&nbsp; Interesting profile indeed.&nbsp; It almost looks double struck as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>The gens Sergia was a family of high patrician rank, which according to Virgil traced its origin to Sergestus, the companion of Aeneas. The inscription on this denarius indicates that it was struck in Silus’ official capacity as quaestor and under the direct mandate of the senate. The reverse portrays the Roman hero and grandfather of this moneyer, M. Sergius, a veteran of renowned courage and fortitude as described by Pliny.&nbsp; During the Gallic and Hannibalic wars, this amazing man lost his right hand in battle, and in two campaigns receiving three and twenty wounds, yet fighting on a further four times with his left hand only, and afterwards, having made himself an iron hand and fastened it to himself, he continued to engage in mortal combat with the enemies of Rome.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]509547[/ATTACH] </p><p>M SERGIUS SILUS ROMAN REPUBLIC</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; EX S C ROMA *, head of Roma right </p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; Horseman galloping left with sword &amp; severed head held aloft, Q below horses leg, M SERGI below, SILVS in ex.</p><p>Struck at Rome 116 BC</p><p>3.66g, 18mm</p><p>Syd 534, Cr286/1, Sergia 1</p><p><br /></p><p>If I remember correctly, some of you have this coin.&nbsp; Please post your examples or anything you deem related.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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