Athens

1 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

6.10 cm

6.00 cm

1.20 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
425.20	-	May 9, 2017	Measurement done by L. Willocx	No	Yes	Yes
441.00	-	-	Zdrojewska 1988	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Dolphin	Relief
Athena / Minerva	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck				Head

Lightly worn

Corroded

Autoptic examination: Lead weight; square shape. Some chippings and hollows on the reverse. Rounded corners, upper right corner folded and flattened; straight edges. On the obverse, depiction of a dolphin diagonally (to upper left corner) in relief; its body is lightly arched and its forked tail is bent upwards. On both sides of the dolphin, letters in relief: ΔΕ (on the right side) ΜΟ (on the left side). On the dolphin, clost to its head, circular stamp with an helmeted head of Athena (turned to right). The reverse is plain. Solonian mna. Very similar to MN 142762.
Killen 2017: Quadratisches Gewicht mit Relief: Delphin diagonal, runder Stempel: Athenakopf n. r., Inschrift? Inschr.: in den Ecken: Δ Ε|Μ Ο(σιον) (2. Zeile retrograd).

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Mint

Δεμό(σιον)

GREEK

FROM -350 TO -300

2nd half 4th c. BC.
Killen 2017: 5. Jh. v. Chr. (Zdrojewska)/2. Hälfte 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Warschau, Nat. Mus.); Stempel: 4. Jh. v. Chr. (Verf.)

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
National Museum in Warsaw	Jan. 1, 1956	142763
Czartoryski Collection	None	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Froehner 1899	189	None	fig. 32	None
Zdrojewska 1974	52	None	fig. 1	None
Zdrojewska 1977	90	None	fig. 23	None
Zdrojewska 1979a	36	None	fig. 5	None
Zdrojewska 1983	101	None	fig. 3	None
Zdrojewska 1988	38	None	fig. 10	None
Killen 2017a	179	Athe VI b 3	pl. 8/8	None

Provenance: Piraeus 1870.