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Commemorating the Defeat of the Allobroges

219, Lot: 396. Estimate $100.
Sold for $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Furius L.f. Philus. 120 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.93 g, 10h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Janus / Roma standing left, holding spear and crowning trophy of Gallic arms and carnyx; star above. Crawford 281/1; Sydenham 529; Furia 18a. Near EF.


From the Jörg Müller Collection. Ex Astarte 7 (10 October 2001), lot 219.

The reverse alludes to the defeat of the Allobroges by Q. Fabius Maximus in 120 BC. Their subjugation lead to the annexation of Gallia Narbonensis as a new Roman province. This denarius is one of the few in the Republican series to refer to a contemporary event.