237, Lot: 281. Estimate $100. Sold for $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Furius L.f. Philus. 120 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.80 g, 3h). 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. VF, toned, obverse scrapes.

From the Collection of Professor L. Fontana.

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.