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Drachm with opposed axes
| Issuer | Volcæ Tectosages |
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| Year | 121 BC - 52 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Stylized male head facing left, rendered in the schematic Celtic artistic tradition with exaggerated, flowing hair depicted as a series of diagonal ridges sweeping behind the neck. The facial features are summarily engraved, with a prominent nose and simplified eye. A large pellet or rosette device appears prominently in front of the face, a characteristic element of the Volcae Tectosages coinage. The overall style reflects the late La Tène period of Gaulish coin production. |
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| Mintage | ND (121 BC - 52 BC) |
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The Volcae Tectosages occupied the region around Tolosa (modern Toulouse), a city whose treasury became briefly famous — or infamous — when Roman consul Quintus Servilius Caepio looted its sacred lake deposits in 106 BC, reportedly extracting 100,000 pounds of gold and 110,000 pounds of silver. Whether tribal coinage production intensified after that plundering to rebuild circulating currency is unresolved, but the long emission window suggests sustained minting across generations of Roman encroachment following the provincia's establishment in 121 BC.
LT 3254 is among the more tightly die-linked types in the Volcae series, with the opposed axe motif appearing across a narrow range of recorded specimens.