West Asian mint

2.5 Uncias

Lead

Cast

Square

3.90 cm

5.05 cm

0.60 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Artemis / Diana	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck		Standing

Willocx: Lead weight; square shape with a round handle. Signs of wear and corrosion: chippings; small strokes on the sides. Slightly folded and rounded corners; the sides are set at a slant; the reverse is flat. On the obverse, raised frame and signs in relief: B <. On the round handle, depiction hardly legible in relief: Artemis of Ephesus?
Vandermeiren: Poids de forme carrée, aux bords en relief, dépassants. Avers inscrit de lettre B, centrée; signe < ?. Appendice, milieu du bord inférieur, forme semi-circulaire et apparemment pliée; ornée d’un dessin. . . Revers lisse, apparemment blanc.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination

β´ 𐅵.

GREEK , ROMAN

FROM 1 TO 300

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Archaeological Society of Athens	Nov. 8, 1883	Pb. 2213
National Archaeological Museum (Athens)	Dec. 31, 1894	9062
Numismatic Museum (Athens)	June 30, 1912	1911–1912, ΛΘ´, 291

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Pernice 1894	172	641	None	None
Michon 1907	555, n. 8	None	None	(attribution to Ephesos)
Weiß 2013	681	None	None	(to be attributed to Magnesia?)
Weiß 2017a	314	None	None	(possible attribution to Ephesos)

The symbol on the countermark could also refer to Sardis: compare with https://pondera.uclouvain.be/artifact/14459/
Weiß 2017: Ein von Pernice kursorisch beschriebenes Gewicht mit dem Nominal «B<» (= zweieinhalb Unzen) und dem Bild der „ephesischen Artemis“ auf der Oberseite könnte dem neuen Exemplar zur Seite gestellt werden. Sicher ist das aber nicht.