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The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 52, December 17, 2017, Article 5

NEW BOOK: HELLENISTIC COINS OF MARSEILLE

Georges Depeyrot has published the latest book in his Moneta series, the 2nd edition of a work on the Hellenistic coins of Marseille. Here's an English version (courtesy of Google Translate) of the book description. -Editor

Moneta 200 Hellenistic coins of Marseille (5th - 1st century BC)

Marseille, the first Greek colony of Gaul, issued Greek-style silver coins as early as the sixth century BC. These so-called archaic programs continued in the course of the fifth century. Later, the strikes evolved by adopting more stable types, in particular a lion on the reverse of the silver coins, a bull on the reverse side of the bronzes, the wheel on the reverse side of the obols.

This study is devoted to classical strikes, those of the Hellenistic period. After a period of engraving of intermediate types whose weight or typology recalls the archaic emissions of the sixth century and early fifth century, the engravers of the workshop began in the fifth century BC to evolve in favoring types that ended in the course of the fourth century with the striking of classical obols with the bust of Apollo, then, in the course of the third century with the striking of heavier silver coins and bronzes.

The money strikes only stopped during the first century. Those of bronze continued under the period of Roman rule in Gaul, probably until the end of the first century BC.

The book lists the monetary types, the date of the various strikes. The chronology is completely revised according to typological and metrological criteria and takes into account the latest excavations. For each type, the list of supporting copies is given.

This second edition, nearly 20 years after the first, takes into account the advances and research that followed the previous volume.

MONETA 200
Georges Depeyrot
484 pages
115 euros
ISBN 978-94-91384-68-4

For more information, or to order, see:
Les monnaies hellénistiques de Marseille (5e – 1er siècle avant J.-C.) (http://www.moneta.be/volumes/moneta_200.htm)

Also note that MONETA is offering a temporary December 50% special promotion on volumes 1-150. -Editor

To read the complete article, see:
Special promotion on volumes 1-15 (http://www.moneta.be/pages/special-promotion-on-volumes-1-150.html)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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