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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 4300866, member: 72790"]The following two coins are associated with early victories over Rome's enemies to the North. The denarius was issued ca. 118 BC by the moneyer Lucius Pomponius to commemorate the Roman victory over two Gallic tribes, the Arverni and the Allobroges who were threatening Rome's trading partner and ally, Massilia. On the obverse, Roma, on the reverse, driving the biga, is thought to be the Gallic tribal leader named Bituitus. These coins were also supposed to aid in the founding of a Roman Colony in the region being set up by Comitius Ahenobarbus and Quintus Fabius Maximus. That colony became Narbo Martius, an important Roman city in later Gallia.</p><p><br /></p><p> The other coin is a somewhat scarcer Quinarius (1/2 denarius) issued to commemorate one of two victories by the Roman commander Caius Marius, quite a character, over two huge hordes of so called Teutonic tribes who had done serious damage in Cisalpine Gallia circa 102-101 BC. One of those tribes in Northern Italy supposedly asked Marius to let them stay on Roman territory and to give them some land to settle on. His reply was that he would give each of them a plot of land, six feet deep. Quite a character. Since this was before Romans put living leaders on their coins, this quinarius, issued by Caius Egnatuleius, has Apollo on the obverse and on the reverse is Victoria setting up a trophy. This coin may have been issued to help finance colonies of Marius' veteran soldiers in Cisalpine Gallia as his troops expected money and land for their volunteer service. Notice the "q" on the reverse denoting its value (quinarius), something not commonly found on the majority of Roman coinage (OK, X or XVI on some early denarii and HS on early silver sestertii).</p><p><br /></p><p>If there was one thing Romans were likely to commemorate on their coinage, it was victories over their enemies.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1094539[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1094540[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 4300866, member: 72790"]The following two coins are associated with early victories over Rome's enemies to the North. The denarius was issued ca. 118 BC by the moneyer Lucius Pomponius to commemorate the Roman victory over two Gallic tribes, the Arverni and the Allobroges who were threatening Rome's trading partner and ally, Massilia. On the obverse, Roma, on the reverse, driving the biga, is thought to be the Gallic tribal leader named Bituitus. These coins were also supposed to aid in the founding of a Roman Colony in the region being set up by Comitius Ahenobarbus and Quintus Fabius Maximus. That colony became Narbo Martius, an important Roman city in later Gallia. The other coin is a somewhat scarcer Quinarius (1/2 denarius) issued to commemorate one of two victories by the Roman commander Caius Marius, quite a character, over two huge hordes of so called Teutonic tribes who had done serious damage in Cisalpine Gallia circa 102-101 BC. One of those tribes in Northern Italy supposedly asked Marius to let them stay on Roman territory and to give them some land to settle on. His reply was that he would give each of them a plot of land, six feet deep. Quite a character. Since this was before Romans put living leaders on their coins, this quinarius, issued by Caius Egnatuleius, has Apollo on the obverse and on the reverse is Victoria setting up a trophy. This coin may have been issued to help finance colonies of Marius' veteran soldiers in Cisalpine Gallia as his troops expected money and land for their volunteer service. Notice the "q" on the reverse denoting its value (quinarius), something not commonly found on the majority of Roman coinage (OK, X or XVI on some early denarii and HS on early silver sestertii). If there was one thing Romans were likely to commemorate on their coinage, it was victories over their enemies. [ATTACH=full]1094539[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1094540[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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