1 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

6.30 cm

6.50 cm

1.00 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
419.00	-	-	Inventory	No	No	No
411.30	-	June 7, 2018	Autopsy Damien Delvigne	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Quiver	Relief
Bow	Relief

Worn

Corroded

Lead weight, square-shaped. 6.3x6.5x1 cm. On the obverse, there are a quiver and an almost disappeared bow in relief. There is a legend in relief ΑΡΤΕ Μ ΝΗ. 411.3 g.
Reinach 1888: Poids carré portant les légendes ΑΡΤΕ et ΜΝΗ autour d'un carquois et d'un arc.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Date, Denomination, Mint, Unidentified

Ἀ–ρ|τ–ε(– – –) | ρνη´(?) or μνῆ (?).
IK Ephesos II: Ἀρτέ(μιδος) μνῆ.

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -100

ρνη´ (?) = 158? Date?

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
National Museum of Denmark (Copenhagen)	Dec. 31, 1888	3298
Antiquities Trade	None	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Auction Hoffmann 1888a	None	163	None	(non vidi)
Reinach 1888	385	163	None	None
Michon 1907	555, n. 6	None	None	None
IK Ephesos II	229	558.3	None	None
Killen 2017a	268	Appendix 1, Bogen und Köcher/Gorytos, 3	None	(possible attribution to Kios or Ephesos?)

Simone Killen: Michon 1907 mentioned Ephesus as mint, Reinach just mentioned Ephesus, and it´s not clear if as mint or as find spot. There are coins from Ephesus from the 3rd and 2nd century B.C. with quiver and bow and the inscription would match as well: the first two lines ARTE(mis), but we have no idea about the third line.
There are a few more examples with quiver and bow:
- Pernice 1904, p. 45, n. 11 and Winter 1898, col. 42.
- Auction Münz Zentrum 2007b, n. 1009 (without picture): lead, 3,1 x 3,1 x 1,1 cm; 110 g, quiver and bow, inscription?.
- Perk Collection, inv. n. A 1075: lead, 2,8 x 2,9 x 1,0 cm; 76,9 g, quiver and bow, no inscription. Find spot: Cius.
So, my suggestion was that the weights could be from Cius, since the last one was found in Cius and Cius has bow and quiver on coins under Prusias I. But these coins are rare, and Cius minted normally bow and gorytus. And it is not sure if the weight in the National Museum of Denmark (with inscription) is connected with the three others without inscription. But the Perk Collection has a focus on the northern west of Turkey, so maybe it is rather Cius than Ephesus.
And since there is another weight, only with quiver and without bow, but with the inscription Α Ρ | Τ Ε | ΡΞCΚ? (Auction Gorny and Mosch 2008a), it´s possible that the quiver is the main symbol, not the combination of quiver and bow.
See also https://pondera.uclouvain.be/artifact/2202/, https://pondera.uclouvain.be/artifact/13470/, and https://pondera.uclouvain.be/artifact/13906/