Lampsacos

1/4 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

3.20 cm

3.00 cm

1.10 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
122.50	-	-	Tekin 2014	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Winged horse	Relief	LEFT	Leaping		Protome

Tekin 2014: The [...] weight [...] is almost a thick square in form with bevelled edges but the bottom is larger than the top; it measures 32×30×11 mm and weighs 122.5 g. On the obverse is a Hippalectryon facing left with curved right; below, the denominational mark T which stands for τέταρτον, all in relief. The reverse is blank. It is a tetarton, i.e. quarter mna (mna of 490 g). Although the exact find place is unknown, it is stated in the inventory book that this weight was bought from a private collector in Istanbul in 1984.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination

Τ(έταρτον).

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -1

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Romano-Germanic Central Museum (Mainz)	Jan. 1, 1984	O.40402

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
SEG 64	412	1202	None	None
Tekin 2014a	155	1	fig. 1	None
Tekin 2016a	83–86, 193	8	pl. 19/150	None