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Features
| Issuer |
Massalia
(Gaul)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 49 BC |
| Currency | Phocaean Drachm |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 2 g |
| Diameter | 13 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 460144 |
| References | LT# 2065 Atlas de monnaies gauloises (5 volumes). Georges Depeyrot; 1999. Les monnaies hellénistiques de Marseille / Volume 16. Moneta, Wetteren, Belgium. |
Obverse
Head of Minerva on the left, wearing a Corinthian helmet, grenetis
Reverse
Galley sailing left, grenetis
Mint
Massalia, Gaul, modern-day Marseille, FranceComments
Most of the galley bronzes have the Minerva head on the right. The rare examples with the head on the left are reputed to be imitations (?).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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