Bassus, Eques, Philosebastus

West Asian mint

3 Uncias

Lead

Cast

Square

4.65 cm

4.60 cm

0.70 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
63.70	-	-	Autopsy Louise Willocx	No	No	Yes
63.65	-	-	Pernice 1894	No	No	No
64.00	-	-	Inventory of the Archaeological Society of Athens	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Willocx: Lead weight; square shape. Signs of wear and corrosion: chippings; little strokes on the relief and on the frame; very light bumps, bigger ones on the upper and right sides. Straight corners and edges; the sides are set at a slant. On the obverse, high frame and sign in relief: Γ. On the reverse, inscription in relief: ЄCЄ̣BI ỌCIΠΠ ΙΛΟCЄ.
Vandermeiren : Poids de forme carrée, aux bords en relief, dépassants. Trace d’appendice, milieu du bord sup, cassée. Avers inscrit de lettre Γ, centrée. Revers lisse avec lettres outrepassant l’objet; alignées, epsilon et sigma lunaires ΕΣΣ(Ε?)ΒΑ/ΟΣΙΠΠΙ̣/ΙΛΟΣΕΒ

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Authority, Denomination

γ´. || . ЄϹϹ Βά̣[σ]|[σ]ο̣ς? ἱππι̣[κ(ὸς)] | [φ]ιλοσε[β(άστος)].

GREEK , ROMAN

FROM 1 TO 300

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Archaeological Society of Athens	Feb. 28, 1879	Pb. 1329
National Archaeological Museum (Athens)	Dec. 31, 1894	8761
Numismatic Museum (Athens)	June 30, 1912	1911–1912, ΛΘ´, 289

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Pernice 1894	171–172	639	None	None
Weiß 1990	133–134	Auszuscheidendes	None	None