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Obol Massalia Imitation
| Issuer | Massalia |
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| Year | 120 BC - 82 BC |
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| Value | Obol (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Crude, schematically rendered head facing left, derived from the Massalian prototype of Artemis. The hair is depicted as a series of irregular wavy strands radiating from the crown, rendered with barbaric simplification characteristic of imitative Celtic or Gallo-Greek workmanship. Facial features are barely discernible, reduced to shallow relief punches. The overall style reflects progressive debasement of the Massalian artistic tradition through successive copying. |
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| Reverse description | A wheel or cruciform pattern formed by two intersecting lines creating four quadrants, each quadrant filled with a broad flat spoke, evoking the standard four-spoked wheel type derived from Massalian drachm reverses. The Greek letters M and A appear in the lower two quadrants, crudely incised and partially legible. The execution is angular and irregular, consistent with a barbaric imitation of the Massalian civic type. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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