LONGOSTALETES Narbonne region - Lot 78

LONGOSTALETES Narbonne region 2nd century - 1st century B.C. Head on the left, hair rolled into thick locks. A spike above the forehead. Grenetis. R/. Cross fimbriated cantoned by a lily surmounted by a fimbriated bar, two lunulas and a lunula with a globule. a globule. ♦ Savès 276; LT 3350 Languedoc-style "fleur-de-lis" silver drachma (3.93 g). Chipped flan when struck. Beautiful portrait. Very fine. Longostalètes. This people occupied most of the Aude and Hérault departments. Their coinage is only known to us from the Treasures of Béziers (Hérault), discovered in 1871, which contained between 750 and 800 Languedoc-style coins, and that of Moussan (Aude), discovered in 1967, which contained 28 "Languedoc" style drachms.