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MASSALIA - MARSEILLE

(525/520-480/474 BC)

All the so-called "Treasury of Auriol" coins do not in fact come from the deposit discovered in February 1867, in a field at a place called Les Barres, north of Baou-Rouge and which contained 2,130 silver divisional coins. Massalia was founded at the end of the 7th century BC by Greek settlers who came from Phocaea. The city became a metropolis after the capture of Phocaea by the Persians around 540 BC and experienced strong development during the 5th century..