Frontonianus, agoranomos (Ephesos?)

Ephesos

2 Uncias

Lead

Cast

Square

3.70 cm

5.00 cm

0.50 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
53.90	-	-	Autopsy Louise Willocx	No	No	Yes
53.99	-	-	(written with ink on the weight)	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Male figure	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck		Standing
Zeus / Jupiter	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck
Poseidon	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck

Willocx: Lead weight; square with a round handle shape. Signs of wear and corrosion: chippings; the weight is highly domed on the obverse with a big hollow on the reverse; small strokes on the frame, the edges and on the reverse of the handle; light cuts on the obverse. Straight corners and edges; the sides are set at a slant. On the obverse, raised frame and letter in relief: B. On the reverse, letters in relief in four lines: Φ̣ΡΟΝ Μ̣? (or Τ̣Ο̣?)[.]Λ Ι̣Ι̣ΟΥΑΓ ΟΡΑΝΟ. On the handle, depiction in relief: standing god with sceptre in his left hand and raising his right arm? (uncertain) (= Zeus with his thunderbolt? or Poseidon with his trident?); around, letters in relief: ΑΓΟ ΟCЄ (?). Apollonos?
Vandermeiren: Poids de forme carrée, aux bords en relief, dépassants. Avers inscrit de lettre B, centrée. Appendice, milieu du bord sup, forme semi-circulaire, frappée d’une contremarque; au type figuré, figure humaine au centre, inscription sur le pourtour ΓΟ....... Revers lisse avec inscription en 4 lignes, outrepassant la face de l’objet. lettre alignées. Difficile à lire; . ΓΟΝ./...../ΠΟΥΛΠ/ΟΡΑΝ...

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Authority, Denomination
Greek	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck	Authority

β´. || Φ̣ρον|τ̣ω̣ν̣ι̣α̣|ν̣οῦ ἀγ|ορανό(μου).

GREEK , ROMAN

FROM 1 TO 300

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Archaeological Society of Athens	March 24, 1887	Pb. 2510
National Archaeological Museum (Athens)	Dec. 31, 1894	8799
Numismatic Museum (Athens)	June 30, 1912	1911–1912, ΛΘ´, 564

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Lemerle 1934	510	3	pl. XI/1–2	(attribution to Smyrna)
IK Smyrna	None	786	None	(attribution to Smyrna)
IK Perge II	None	302	None	(attribution to Perge)

Theodorou: The weight is identical to IK Smyrna 786 and IK Perge II 302 and was previously believed to come from Smyrna or Perge, although it was not found in situ. Its type ('ionian') makes plausible that it originally came from Ephesos or another mint in West Asia Minor. Cf. also the similar weight 12122 and 17933 (also initially believed to come from Perge or Smyrna) that are now attributed to Ephesos/West Asia Minor.