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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
  • Authority
    {Illegible monogram}, agoranomos (Antioch)
  • Mint
    Antioch
  • Denomination
    1 Mina
  • Material
    Metal: Lead
  • Manufacture
    Cast
  • Shape
    Square
  • Length
    10.50 cm
  • Width
    10.80 cm
  • Height
    - cm
  • Metrology
    Mass (g) Mass (grain) Date of measurement Reference fragmented cleaned reference weight
    668.00 - - Auction Leu 2019 No No Yes
  • Iconography
    Symbol Technique Direction Position Number Synecdoche
    Double cornucopia Relief
    Lattice pattern Relief
  • Wear
  • Corrosion
  • Handle
    No
    Suspension hole
    No
  • Recarved mould
    No
    Recarved weight
    No
  • Intentionally destroyed
    No
  • Archaeological description
    Auctions Leu 2019: Weight of 1 Mna (Lead, 105×108 mm, 668.00 g), Eu..., magistrate (?), SE 231 = 82/1 BC. ETOYΣ AΛΣ / ΔHMOΣIA - MNA Two crossed cornucopiae; to left, disk inscribed ЄY. Rev. Latticework design. Gorny & Mosch 175 (2009), 325. Some deposits and with surface cracks on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.
  • Autopsy
    No
INSCRIPTION
  • Language Technique Legend type
    Greek Relief Authority, Date, Denomination, Mint
  • Fac simile

    ΕΤΟΥ̣ΣΘ̣ΛΣ

    ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ

    {monogramma}

    Μ    Ν    Α

  • Edition
    Ἔτου̣ς θ̣λσ´ | δημοσία | {monogramma} | μ–ν–ᾶ.
  • Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
  • Findspot (region)
  • Findspot (site)
  • Context
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
  • Region
  • City
  • Date of first acquisition
    Oct. 27, 2019
  • circumstances
    Antiquities trade.
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
  • Curatorial Section
    GREEK
  • Time frame
    FROM -74 TO -73
  • Comments on Chronology
    Seleucid Era 239̣?= 74/73 BCE
COLLECTION HISTORY
  • Collection
    Name Date of acquisition Inventory number
    Antiquities Trade Oct. 27, 2019 None
  • Bibliography
    Reference Page/Column Reference (number) Plate / Figure Comment
    Auction Leu 2019c None 586 None None
    Tekin 2025a 132–133 None fig. 7 None
VARIA
  • Additional comment
    Gatier and Shaath 1993: this type of weight is hypothetically attributed to Antioch.
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