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Litra
| Issuer | Massalia |
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| Year | 475 BC - 460 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Mint | Massalia (modern Marseille) |
| Mintage | ND (475 BC - 460 BC) |
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Massalia — the Greek colony at modern Marseille — operated its own mint with unusual independence for a western Mediterranean outpost, striking small silver fractions primarily to facilitate trade with indigenous Gallic populations in the hinterland. The litra denomination itself was borrowed from the Sicilian weight standard, suggesting Massalia's early commercial ties ran south as much as they ran east toward the Aegean world.