E-auction 323-239665 - bga_507325 - MASSALIA - MARSEILLE Obole MA, tête à gauche
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 55 € |
| Maximum bid : | 58 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 June 2019 14:03:00 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Obole MA, tête à gauche
Date: c. 121-82 AC.
Mint name / Town : Marseille (13)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,62 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré. Droit légèrement bouché. Joli revers. Patine de collection ancienne
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête juvénile à gauche du dieu fleuve (le Lacydon ?), cornu, les cheveux ondulés tirés en arrière, avec favoris.
Reverse
Reverse legend : M-A DANS LES 3E ET 4E CANTONS, LETTRES NON BOULETÉES.
Reverse description : Roue à quatre rayons sans moyeu central.
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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