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Hemiobol - Bull Palm
| Issuer | Massalia |
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| Year | 130 BC - 121 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Apollo facing right, rendered in archaic Greek style within a plain circular border. The portrait displays characteristic stylized hair treatment, with beaded or dotted detailing visible along the neck area. The effigy occupies the central field of the flan, which is irregular in outline as typical of hammered bronze coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A bull butting or charging to the right, depicted in the robust Massalian style characteristic of late Republican-era Greek colonial coinage. A palm frond is shown beneath the bull, serving as an exergual design element. The abbreviated ethnic legend ΜΑΣΣΑ appears in the field, identifying the issuing city of Massalia. The design is set within a plain border on an irregularly shaped flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΜΑΣΣΑ (Translation: Massalia) |
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