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Description: | Struck copper alloy coin (on a cast flan), copying a common type of Massilia (Marseilles). It is almost certainly struck on the Continent, most likely in Gaul. The earliest prototype issues of larger types date to the 3rd century BC (Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Copenhagen, Vol 43, no.731ff - 26-15mm in diameter). However, there were later issues of smaller diameter (c. 15mm) in the 2nd to 1st centuries BC which are also attributed to Marseilles (Ibid, no. 809ff). Copies of these coins have been identified on the Continent - De La Tour, Atlas de Monnaies Gauloises (1994 ed), no. 2242 is similar to the reverse, and no. 2232 the obverse. A date of the 2nd or 1st century BC (probably prior to 49 BC) seems reasonable for this coin. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -150
-50 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jude Plouviez | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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