2519 - Massalia (AE Athena/tripod) over Massalia (Apollo/bull) (Savoca Numismatik, 22 Silver Auction, Apr. 2018, 4)
From SILVER
220 BCE - 211 BCE | MA
Location/history
| Sale(s) ᵖ: | Savoca Numismatik, 22nd Silver Auction, 29 April 2018, n° 4. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena to right, wearing helmet. | Reverse: | MA (Greek) Tripod |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Massalia | Ancient region | Gallia | Modern country: France | Authority: |
Chronology
| From 220 BCE to 211 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Bronze
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Weight in grams: 6.526.52 g <br />6,520 mg <br /> | ||
| Diameter: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin reference: | Cf.LT.1914, Cf. MHM.24/1, Cf.Sch/L.184 | Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1De la Tour 1892, n°1914 var., "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2MacDonald 2009, p.1-2, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Feugère - Py 2011, GBM.23-17 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo to left. | Reverse: | ΜΑΣΣΑΛΙΗΤΩΝ (Greek) Bull right (visible on obverse : -ΛΙΗΤΩΝ) |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint ᵖ: | Massalia | Ancient region ᵖ | Gallia | Modern country: France | Authority ᵖ: |
Chronology
| From 275 BCE to 210 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC period
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Physical description
References
| Coin type reference ᵖ: | "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Feugère - Py 2011, GBM.14-22, MBM.28, MBM.34-5, PBM.29-48. | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruck: | |||
Additional data
References
- ^ De la Tour, Henri (1892), Atlas de monnaies Gauloises, Paris, Librairie Plon.
- ^ MacDonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- a b Feugère, Michel - Py, Michel (2011), Dictionnaire des monnaies découvertes en Gaule méditerranéenne (530-27 av. notre ère), Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, 2011, 719 p.
