CELTIC, Southern Gaul, Volcae Tectosages: Tolostates, c. 1st c. BCE, AR drachm "à la tête cubiste". Tolosa, 2.65g, 14.5mm.
Obv: Stylized head left; two dolphins in front.
Rev. Quadripartite design; crescent in outer portion of each angle; a diagonal grain within each upper angle; within lower angles, axe and open grain.
BMC LT 3132
From the arnoldoe collection.
Nice toning.

The Volcae Tectosages’ largest centre was Tolosa (Toulouse). They allied with the Cimbri and Teutones upon their invasion of Gaul, and Tolosa was sacked in retribution by Quintus Servilius Caepio in 106 BCE. From it, Caepio recovered the famous “Gold of Tolosa,” and then allegedly stole it back from the state. He was exiled, but the gold may well have been the foundation for Brutus’s wealth, Caepio’s descendant by adoption.