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Drachm with negroid head S75 variant
| Issuer | Volcæ Tectosages |
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| Year | 121 BC - 52 BC |
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| Value | 1 Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Stylized head facing left in the so-called negroid type, rendered in a highly abstracted La Tène artistic idiom. The eyebrow is prominently large and elongated, arching dramatically over the facial field. The hair is depicted as rows of small interlocking S-shaped curls arranged in tight registers across the scalp. The overall treatment is schematic and decorative rather than naturalistic, reflecting the late Gaulish coinage tradition of the Volcae Tectosages. |
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| Mintage | ND (121 BC - 52 BC) |
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The Volcae Tectosages occupied the region around Tolosa (modern Toulouse), and their political fortunes collapsed permanently in 121 BC when Rome established the province of Gallia Narbonensis, cutting off the tribe from its broader trade networks. Coinage continued under that shadow for decades, likely serving internal exchange rather than any wide commercial circuit. The S75 variant designation places this piece within a die-study subdivision of LT 2976, distinguishing it from the main series through specific stylistic deviations that accumulated as local celators worked increasingly far from any Mediterranean prototype.