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Drachm with negroid head obverse incuse strike
| Issuer | Volcæ Tectosages |
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| Year | 121 BC - 52 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Stylized head facing left, rendered in the so-called negroid type, executed in a highly abstracted La Tène artistic idiom. The coiffure is depicted as an elaborate arrangement of S-shaped and straight sinuous curves, forming interlocking scroll-like tresses that dominate the upper field. Facial features are summarily indicated, with the profile occupying the right portion of the flan. No legend or inscription is present; the entire design surface is devoted to the ornamental figural motif. |
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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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