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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;expat, post: 24619104, member: 111067&quot;]Commemorative issue: Victories over Allobroges and Arverni</p><p>AR denarius 20.5mm, 3.01g. Rome 119 BCE</p><p><br /></p><p>The gens Furia, originally Fusia, was one of the most ancient and noble patrician houses at Rome. Its members held the highest offices of the State during the period of the Roman Republic. The first of the Furii to attain the consulship was Sextus Furius Medullinus in 488 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin commemorates the victories achieved in 121 BC by Consuls Domitius Ahenobarbus and Q.Fabius Maximus over the Allobroges and the Averni in Gaul.</p><p>The Roman Conquest of Southern Gaul, 125–121 BC</p><p>The Romans’ expansion in southern Gaul was intended to help its ally Massilia and open a land route to Roman possessions in Spain. In 121 bc the Allobroges were defeated at Vindalium, and a Gallic confederation was routed on the banks of the Isara. They were then taken under direct Roman control. Unlike the Arverni, who,&nbsp; after the defeat, negotiated a treaty allowing them independence although with their territory severely diminished.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RCV I# 156, RSC# 18, RRC# 281/1, CRR# 529</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1565127[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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