SOUTHERN GAUL. Allobroges. Mid to late 2nd century BC. Drachm (Silver, 16 mm, 2.51 g, 3 h). Laureate male head to right. Rev. IALIKOVESI (in Lepontic) Horse's head to right. DT 3046. Scheers 45. Areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.

From the L.I.M.B. Collection of Celtic coins, formed over the past two decades.

Lepontic was a Celtic dialect spoken in parts of Raetia and Cisalpine Gaul, mostly around the Lago Maggiore, Lago di Lugano and Lago di Como. It is attested on coins and in a number of inscriptions written in the 'alphabet of Lugano', a local script derived from the Etruscan alphabet, the most commonly used alphabet in pre-Roman Northern Italy.