Gallia Narbonensis 11.55g; 27mm. 121-45 BC. 

Obv: Draped female bust right, with hair in small bun.
Rev: NERONKEN in Iberic characters, Bull leaping right,
wreath above. 

LT.2488 var. - CNH.2 A, p. 437 - Puig I./254.

VERY RARE

With permission of Roma Numismatics, Jul, 2010

This coinage has historically been attributed to the 
Longostaletes and to the area of what is now Béziers, but 
because of the Iberic inscription 'NERONKEN' should rather 
be attributed to the Nédènes, or the oppidum of Montlaurès. 
These bronzes circulated until the time of Augustus, which 
would explain their usually high degree of wear but as this 
coin was found with an imitative issue of Claudius it would suggest that they were in circulation longer than Scheers thought.

This small tribe, which may be grouped generally with 
the Longostaletes of the Narbonne area, are unknown to 
history other than through their coinage, a hoard of which 
was discovered in the town of Béziers. They were apparently 
too small to be of cultural or military significance, yet 
large enough to mint their own currency.