CNG 84, Lot: 921. Estimate $300. Sold for $490. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Furius L.f. Philus. 120 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.71 g, 9h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Janus / Roma standing left, holding spear and wreath; to left, trophy of Gallic arms and a carnyx; star above. Crawford 281/1; Sydenham 529; Furia 18. Good VF, lightly toned. Nicely centered and well struck.

One of the few denarii in the Republican series to refer to a contemporary event, this reverse alludes to the defeat of the Allobroges by Q. Fabius Maximus in 120 BC, leading to their subjugation and the annexation of Gallia Narbonensis as a new Roman province.