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<p>[QUOTE="Hrefn, post: 7655967, member: 115171"][ATTACH=full]1316220[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here’s another example of Bituitus. I was unaware it was from a provincial mint. Thanks, [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER]! I bought this for the awesome Celtic warrior. </p><p><br /></p><p>Rome Republic, L. Porcius Liciniuss, circa 112-109 BC. AR denarius. Head of Roma, Reverse shows a Celtic warrior, nude, in a biga, with a spear, shield, and carnyx. The Celtic warrior on the reverse is thought to represent Bituitus, king of the Averni. This king led an alliance of the Allobroges and the Averni which suffered catastrophic defeat by the Romans under Fabius Maximus in 121 BC. This led to the establishment of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis. Bituitus was spared and lived in exile thereafter in Alba Fucens in the Abruzzo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hrefn, post: 7655967, member: 115171"][ATTACH=full]1316220[/ATTACH] Here’s another example of Bituitus. I was unaware it was from a provincial mint. Thanks, [USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER]! I bought this for the awesome Celtic warrior. Rome Republic, L. Porcius Liciniuss, circa 112-109 BC. AR denarius. Head of Roma, Reverse shows a Celtic warrior, nude, in a biga, with a spear, shield, and carnyx. The Celtic warrior on the reverse is thought to represent Bituitus, king of the Averni. This king led an alliance of the Allobroges and the Averni which suffered catastrophic defeat by the Romans under Fabius Maximus in 121 BC. This led to the establishment of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis. Bituitus was spared and lived in exile thereafter in Alba Fucens in the Abruzzo.[/QUOTE]
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