Drachm with the curly head

The Sotiates were an Aquitanian people whose territory lay in what is now the Gers department of southwestern France. Caesar's lieutenant Crassus reduced them by force around 56 BC after a prolonged siege — one of the more stubborn resistances in the Gallic campaigns. Their coinage sits outside the mainstream Celtic silver traditions of Gaul proper, reflecting Aquitania's distinct cultural and linguistic separation from the Gaulish north.

The LT 3015 variety designation places this piece within a recognized typological grouping, though the "var." notation signals a die or stylistic deviation not fully catalogued by Blanchet.