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Roman Republic, L. Hostilius Saserna, Denarius

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Roman Republic, L. Hostilius Saserna, Denarius (obverse) Roman Republic, L. Hostilius Saserna, Denarius (reverse)

"Victory! Victory over the Gauls!" This is the apparent message on this denarius. The obverse represents the disheveled head of a Gallic warrior with a Celtic shield behind him. The Gaul has a rope around his neck, is thus a captive. The reverse depicts a vehicle called a biga, driven by a charioteer and bearing a warrior holding a shield and hurling a spear. The legend L. HOSTILIVS refers to the moneyer Lucius Hostilius Saserna, a political supporter of Julius Caesar.

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