Drachm with cross, early series with dolphins wicks in balled commas, axe and globules

The Volcae Tectosages occupied territory centered on Tolosa (modern Toulouse) and were among the wealthier Celtic tribes of southern Gaul, largely because they sat on an ancient trade corridor linking the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. Their silver coinage drew directly from Massaliote drachm prototypes — the Greek colony at Massalia (Marseille) functioned as the monetary template for most of Narbonensian Gaul. What makes this early series distinctive is the progressive abstraction of those borrowed Greek elements into a visual language that is recognizably local.

The dolphin wicks rendered as balled commas are a chronological marker: they appear in the earliest die sequences before further stylization collapses them into near-unrecognizable forms in later issues.