v08_0849 - MASSALIA - MARSEILLE Drachme légère
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 114.34 €
Starting price : 114.34 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 114.34 €
Type : Drachme légère
Date: 220-49 AC
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait, mais avec un plat sur le cou / Flan légèrement éclaté à 3 heures au revers. Frappe molle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste d'Artémis à droite, diadémé et drapé avec collier et pendants d'oreille ; arc et carquois sur l'épaule.
Reverse
Reverse description : Lion passant à droite, levant l'antérieur droit ; entre les pattes du lion, A - H.
Reverse legend : MASSA// LIHTWN
Commentary
Semble de mêmes coins que l'exemplaire du Cabinet des médailles de Marseille.
Historical background
MASSALIA - MARSEILLE
(220-49 BC)
The resumption of the minting of drachmas takes place at the time of the Second Punic War (221-202 AC.). Marseille, a faithful ally of Rome, often provided ships and fought against the Carthaginian fleet. During this period, the minting of the obol stopped but the production of drachmas was very important. To replace the small silver coins that had disappeared, people began to mint bronze. Claude Brenot indicated in 1980 that Marseille adopted the Corinthian standard for this drachma (the particular weight of the Corinthian stater is approximately 8.64 g, divided into 3 and not 2 drachmas), which gives an average weight of 2.88 g for the Marseilles light drachma. This Corinthian drachma also corresponds to the reduced Campanian or Italo Tarentine drachma.
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