GAUL, MASSALIA
AR Obol (11.04mm, 0.73g, 2h)
Struck circa 300 BC
Obverse: Youthful male bust left
Reverse: Four-spoked wheel, MA in two quadrants
References: De La Tour 689
Good flan quality. Lightly toned. Massalia was a Greek colony founded around 600 BC on the southern coast of modern-day France. Notable natives of Massalia include the great explorer Pytheas the Greek (fl. c. 320 BC), who travelled up the British Isles and as far north as Iceland, and later described his travels in a book entitled On the Ocean.
Collection : Greek - Hellenistic period