v08_0829 - MASSALIA - MARSEILLES Litra à la tête d'Athéna et au crabe

MASSALIA - MARSEILLE

(474-410 BC)

For Marseille, the standard chosen by Claude Brenot is the Euboico-Attic with a tetradrachm of 17.28 g and a drachm of 4.32 g. The litra represents the fifth of the drachma while the obol is the sixth of the same drachma. The standard of the first Massaliet coins is therefore based on the litra and not on the obol as was long believed..