Athens

1/16 Mina , 1/32 Stater

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Struck

Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)

3.00 cm

3.00 cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
27.73	-	-	Auction Leu 2019	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Athena / Minerva	Relief	RIGHT			Head
Helmet	Relief
Owl	Relief
Olive Branch	Relief
Crescent	Relief

Auction Leu 2019: Attica. Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. Weight of 1/16 Mna (?) (Bronze, 30 mm, 27.73 g, 6 h). Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and palmette. Rev. AΘE Owl standing right, head facing; to left, olive sprig and crescent; all within incuse square. Istanbul -. Pera -. Silifke -. Extremely rare and very interesting. Struck somewhat off center, otherwise, very fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. The weight of this interesting piece corresponds to a one-sixteenth of a Mna of 443.68 g.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Mint

Ἀθ(ναίν).

GREEK

FROM -454 TO -404

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Antiquities Trade	Dec. 7, 2019	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Auction Leu 2019d	None	273	None	None

Denomination: 1/16 mina? 1/32 stater?