Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVI 26 Sep 2018
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M. Servilius AR Denarius. Rome, 100 BC. Helmeted head of Roma right; control mark Є behind / Two warriors, a Roman and a barbarian, fighting on foot, each with a horse behind him; M•SERVEILI•C•[F] V in two lines in exergue. Crawford 327/1; RSC Servilia 13. 3.48g, 20mm, 6h.
Mint State; lustrous metal. The best preserved example on CoinArchives by a substantial margin. Extremely rare thus.
Ex Nomisma s.p.a. 35, 17 October 2007, lot 226.
This issue commemorates the heroic deeds of M. Servilius Pulex Geminus, the younger son of Gaius Servilius Geminus who was praetor about 220 BC, and grandson of Publius Servilius Geminus who was consul in 252. Servilius was elected Augur in 211 BC (a post he held until his death), curule aedile in 204, magister equitum in 203, and consul in 202. A skilled duellist, he was said to have received wounds in twenty-three single combats and to have been victorious in all. In 167 BC, during the debate whether to grant a triumph to Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Servilius - then an old man - addressed the people in favour of Paullus, showing his multiple scars earned in battle in order to impress the crowd.
Mint State; lustrous metal. The best preserved example on CoinArchives by a substantial margin. Extremely rare thus.
Ex Nomisma s.p.a. 35, 17 October 2007, lot 226.
This issue commemorates the heroic deeds of M. Servilius Pulex Geminus, the younger son of Gaius Servilius Geminus who was praetor about 220 BC, and grandson of Publius Servilius Geminus who was consul in 252. Servilius was elected Augur in 211 BC (a post he held until his death), curule aedile in 204, magister equitum in 203, and consul in 202. A skilled duellist, he was said to have received wounds in twenty-three single combats and to have been victorious in all. In 167 BC, during the debate whether to grant a triumph to Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Servilius - then an old man - addressed the people in favour of Paullus, showing his multiple scars earned in battle in order to impress the crowd.