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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
Authority
Mint
Lampsacos
Denomination
Material
Lead
Manufacture
Cast
Shape
Square
Length
2.30 cm
Width
2.30 cm
Height
0.80 cm
Metrology
Mass (g) Mass (grain) Date of measurement Reference fragmented cleaned reference weight
39.50 - - Tekin 2014 No No Yes
Iconography
Symbol Technique Direction Position Number Synecdoche
Winged horse Relief RIGHT Leaping Protome
Wear
Corrosion
Handle
No
Suspension hole
No
Recarved mould
No
Recarved weight
No
Intentionally destroyed
No
Archaeological description
The [...] weight [...] is also square in form: it measures 23×23×8 mm and weighs 39.5 g. On the obverse is an Hippalectryon again but this time facing right and its head looks like a camel’s head due to deformation. Below, a large O may be either an omicron or rather a wreath. If we assume it as an omicron, then it might be the initial of the denominational name, i.e. ogdoon but its mass does not correspond to an ogdoon (1/8 of a mna) since it is too light for an ogdoon. Then it may be a wreath. The mass of the present weight corresponds to a one-twelfth of a mna (mna of 474 g) but it may be a unit in stater standard, maybe a distateron? (stater of 19.75 g). This weight was acquired in Tekirdağ in the 1990s or later.
Autopsy
No
INSCRIPTION
Language Technique Legend type
Greek Relief Unidentified
Fac simile

O?

Edition
O?
Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Findspot (region)
Turkey
Findspot (site)
context
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
Region
Turkey: Tekirdağ
City
Tekirdağ [Bisanthe / Rhaidestos]
Date of first acquisition
Dec. 31, 1999
circumstances
Tekin 2014: This weight was acquired in Tekirdağ in the 1990s or later.
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
Curatorial Section
GREEK
Time frame
FROM -400 TO -1
Comments on Chronology
COLLECTION HISTORY
Collection
Name Date of acquisition Inventory number
Küçük Collection None RK 008
Bibliography
Reference Page/Column Reference (number) Plate / Figure Comment
SEG 64 412 1202 None None
Tekin 2014a 156 3 fig. 3 None
Tekin 2016a 83–86, 193 13 pl. 19/151 None
VARIA
Additional comment
Tekin 2014: The mass of the present weight coпesponds to а one-twelfth of а mna (mna of 474 g) but it may be а unit in stater standard, maybe а distateron? (stater of 19.75 g).
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