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Gallic Celts, Lingones, c. 58 - 50 B.C., Time of Caesar's Gallic Wars
| The Celtic Lingones tribe lived in Gaul near the headwaters of the Seine and Marne rivers. Their capital was called Andematunnum, then Lingones, now Langres in the Haute-Marne, France. Some Lingones migrated across the Alps and settled near the mouth of the Po River in Cisalpine Gaul of northern Italy around 400 B.C., part of a wave of Celtic tribes that included the Boii and Senones. The Lingones may have helped sack Rome in 390 B.C. The Gaulish Lingones were thoroughly Romanized by the 1st century, living in a rich and urbanized society in the region of Langres and Dijon and minting coins. They initially joined the Batavian rebellion, in 69 A.D., fearing they would be plundered by the Roman army. But when, contrary to expectation, the inhabitants remained unharmed and lost none of their property, they returned to loyalty, and provided Rome seventy thousand armed men. From dedicatory inscriptions and stamped tiles, we know that two cohorts of Lingones served in Roman Britain in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. |  |
CE89062. Silver quinarius, CCBM II 416, Delestrée-Tache 3268, De la Tour 9025, Forrer 197, aEF, attractive iridescent toning, flow lines, tight flan, obverse off center, Lingones (Langres, France) mint, weight 1.887g, maximum diameter 11.8mm, die axis 30o, c. 58 - 50 B.C.; obverse SOLIMA (counterclockwise before), head left; reverse COΛIMA (clockwise above), bridled horse galloping left, fish (or dolphin) right with spiny fins below; ex CGB Numismatique Paris; ex Crédit de la Bourse SA (Paris, 1956 - 2003); SOLD
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