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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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| Mintage | ND (121 BC - 52 BC) |
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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.