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Obol
| Issuer | Massalia |
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| Year | 200 BC - 121 BC |
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| Currency | Phocaean Drachm |
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| Obverse description | Youthful bare head of Apollo facing left, rendered in the Hellenistic style with finely detailed curling hair swept back from the brow and gathered in tight locks. The portrait exhibits a high degree of artistic refinement typical of Massalian coinage, with a pronounced jawline and sensitively modeled facial features. The field is plain and the flan is bordered by a visible dotted rim on the right side. The effigy occupies the full height of the flan, reflecting the confident engraving tradition inherited from the Greek colony's Phocaean founders. |
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| Reverse description | A wheel of four spokes set within a circular border, dividing the reverse field into four equal quadrants. At the hub, a small central pellet is visible where the spokes converge. In the lower two quadrants, the Greek letters M and A are inscribed as abbreviations for MASSALIA, the city's name, rendered in a bold archaic Greek style. The design is characteristic of Massalian fractional silver coinage and reflects the civic identity of this important Greek colonial trading port on the southern Gallic coast. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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