cn coin 27438

Connected to Type

CN Type 5475 🔍

Mint

Massalia 🔍

Date

c. 495-460 BC

Archaic/Classical Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Head of ram, left.
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Reverse

Design

Quadripartite incuse punch.
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Metrology

Denomination

Obol 🔍
Standard: Phocean

Material

silver 🔍

Diameter

Max: 10 mm / Min: 9.3 mm

Weight

0.89 g

Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb ❐

Public Commentary

Attribution uncertain. Diameter after plaster cast

Citation

Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964 p. 43, nr. 10, pl. VIII, pic. 11 ❐

Furtwängler, Monnaies grecques en Gaule. Le trésor d'Auriol et le monnayage de Massalia 525/520-460 av. J.-C. 3, Fribourg 1978 p. 197, nr. 7, pl. 20, pic. Qa 7 (Av. 5 / Rv. 4) ❐

Literature

Furtwängler, Monnaies grecques en Gaule. Le trésor d'Auriol et le monnayage de Massalia 525/520-460 av. J.-C. 3, Fribourg 1978 p. 197-199, nr. 1-26, pl. 20, pic. Qa 1-26 (Group Qa) ❐

Maurel, Corpus des monnaies de Marseille : Provence, Languedoc oriental, vallée du Rhône, [Poses] 2019 p. 22, nr. 49 ❐

Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964 p. 43, nr. 10, pl. VIII, pic. 11 (As Kebren) ❐

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