Hemiobol - Bull K / ΞΤΘ

Massalia — modern Marseille — was a Phocaean Greek foundation that maintained its mint almost continuously from the 6th century BC into the Roman imperial period, making it one of the longest-operating colonial mints in the western Mediterranean. This small bronze belongs to a period of intensifying pressure from the Saluvii and allied Gallic tribes, conflicts that would eventually compel the city to appeal to Rome, triggering the campaigns of 125–121 BC that ended with the destruction of the Saluvian capital at Entremont and the foundation of Aquae Sextiae.