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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2281856, member: 74282&quot;]I do not have an example of the first coin but I know it is a Crawford 326/1, struck in 101 BC and likely refers to the victories over the Teutones, Cimbri and Ambrones. Many of the types of this time period circa 100 BC have similar reverses that show triumphs, victory, etc. Here is one from my collection from 100 BC that has victory and likely refers to these victories as well:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]456094[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic AR Denarius(3.83g, 19mm), Publius Servilius M. F. Rullus, 100 BC. Bust of Minerva left, wearing Corinthian helmet and aegis; behind, RVLLI upward. Border of dots. / Victory in biga right, holding palm-branch in left hand and reins in right hand; below P; in ex., P • SERVILI • M • F. Border of dots. Crawford 328/1. RSC Servilia 14</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now as for the second, as far as I know, Marius had no role(or at least no significant role) in the victories that i seemingly refers to. See below for a picture of my example and a description copied-and-pasted from the first time I shared this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]456093[/ATTACH] </p><p>This denarius was struck in 119 BC under the moneyer Marcus Furius Lucii filius Philus. The obverse features Janus, the two-faced god of beginnings and endings, transitions, gates, doorways and passages. His two faces look both forwards towards the future and back towards the past. This obverse design was featured prominently on the early Republican quadrigati but only appears on a few denarii. The reverse features Roma crowning a trophy, surrounded by two Gallic shields and two carnyces, the traditional Gallic war-horn. The reverse likely refers to the Roman victories over the Gallic tribes of the Allobroges and Arveni in 121 BC under Quintus Fabius Maximus and Cnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus.</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Denarius(19mm, 3.86g). Marcus Furius Lucii filius Philus, moneyer, 119 BC, Rome mint. Laureate head of Janus;around, M·FOVRI·L·F, Border of dots. / Roma (wearing Corinthian helmet) standing left, holding sceptre in left hand and crowning trophy with right hand; above, star; behind, ROMA upwards; the trophy is surmounted by a helmet in the form of a boar&#039;s head and flanked by a carnyx and shield on each side; in exergue, (PHI)LI. Crawford 281/1, Sydenham 529, RSC Furia 18, BMCRR (Italy) 555[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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