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Tetrobol 'light drachm'
| Issuer | Massalia |
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| Year | 150 BC - 130 BC |
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| Currency | Phocaean Drachm |
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| Reverse description | Lion passant to right, rendered in high relief with a finely articulated mane, musculature, and tail curled upward over the back, characteristic of the Massalian civic lion type. The ethnic legend MAΣΣA/ΛIHTΩN is distributed across the upper and lower fields, partially encircling the central device, with MAΣΣA along the upper field and ΛIHTΩN along the lower exergue. A TA monogram appears in the right field. The overall composition closely follows the established reverse type of late Massalian silver coinage and demonstrates consistent die-cutting quality. |
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| Reverse lettering | MAΣΣA/ΛIHTΩN (Translation: Massalia) |
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| Mint | Massalia (modern Marseille, France) |
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