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Drachm with negroid head obverse incuse strike
| Issuer | Volcæ Tectosages |
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| Year | 121 BC - 52 BC |
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| Value | 1 Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Incuse impression of the obverse die, produced by the single-die hammered striking technique in which the lower die image was driven into the reverse of the flan, leaving a recessed mirror image of the obverse type. The resulting field displays a hollow, irregular concave surface replicating the principal design elements of the obverse in intaglio, with no independent reverse design, legend, or exergual device. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Volcae Tectosages occupied territory around Tolosa (modern Toulouse), a city whose treasury became briefly famous — or infamous — when Roman consul Quintus Servilius Caepio plundered its sacred gold and silver deposits in 106 BC, an act that haunted Roman politics for years afterward. Whether tribal minting continued uninterrupted through that disruption is unresolved, but the date range of this series spans precisely that period of Roman encroachment into Gallia Narbonensis following the province's formal organization in 121 BC.
The "var." designation against LT 2986 warrants close attention — Gallic series of this type show meaningful die variation that occasionally splits into distinct subtypes among specialists.