Accession No

1926.685


Description

Silver piece imitating Greek Obol of Massalia. Barbarised male head. Rev. Four spokes of wheel; the place of the Greek letters taken by space-filling ornaments.


Place

Europe; ?Western Europe; ?France; Volcae Tectosages


Period

?Bronze Age ?Iron Age


Source

Ridgeway, William (Professor Sir) [collector]; Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1926.685


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Silver


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (References)
Ref. Plate: VIII : 2986
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Analysis)
Found: Volcae Tectosages on the Rhone; Date: ?4 Century BC; ?3 Century BC.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Silver piece imitating Greek Obol of Massalia. Barbarised male head. Rev. Four spokes of wheel; the place of the Greek letters taken by space-filling ornaments
Event Date
Author: maa


FM:48932

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