Byblos

1/2 Mina , 22 Sheqels

Lead

Cast

Square

8.20 cm

8.30 cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
322.68	-	-	Auction Leu 2019	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Crown of Isis	Relief
Double cornucopia	Relief
Lattice pattern	Relief

Auction Leu 2019: Weight of ½ Mna (Lead, 82×83 mm, 322.68 g), a square weight with raised edges on the obverse, Mna of 645 g, year 22. HM - MN/AI-ON - KB Two crossed cornucopiae with crown of Isis between. Rev. Latticework design. Very rare. Some corrosion, otherwise, very fine. The fabric of this weight is very similar to 2nd and 1st century Seleukid weights, but the dating to a 'year 22' certainly cannot be to the Seleukid era. It perhaps refers to one of the many civic eras that emerged in the mid 1st century in the East following the demise of Seleukid and the rise of Roman power. The weight of the Mna of 645 g corresponds to 150 drachms of Attic weight.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination

Ἡμι–μν|αῖ–ον κβ´.

GREEK

FROM -200 TO -1

2nd–1st c. BCE (Kushnir-Stein); very end of the second – beginning of the first centuries BCE (Finkielsztejn)

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Hadad Collection	May 25, 2019	WHW 62
Private Collection #20190525	None	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Auction Leu 2019b	None	878	fig.	None

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