Athens

1/2 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

5.30 cm

5.05 cm

2.80 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
251.70	-	Sept. 12, 2017	Autopsy Louise Willocx	No	No	Yes
255.18	3938.0	-	None	No	No	No
251.70	-	Aug. 21, 2019	Autopsy Damien Delvigne	No	No	No
251.70	-	Aug. 22, 2019	Measurement done by D. Delvigne et T. Leblanc	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Astragalus	Relief
Bull / Cow / Calf	Relief				Head
Club	Relief

Worn

Heavily corroded

Autoptic examination:
Lead weight; square shape. Signs of wear and corrosion: chippings and strokes, including on the reliefs; lumps and hollows. On the reverse, groove on the upper right edge. Rounded, raised and folded corners; straight edges. On the obverse, depiction of an astragalus in high relief. In the upper right corner, depiction of a bucranium in relief; the right part is a bit erased. In the left edge, depiction of a club(?) in relief. On the lower edge, inscription in relief: HMIMN.

British Museum: Lead weight; square; Greek letters "HMIMN" in relief; in the centre, an astragalus in relief; in the corners are a bull's head (part of Minotaur) and a club. So called bull´s head could maybe be a prow.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination

Ἡμιμν(αῖον)

GREEK

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
British Museum (London)	Aug. 9, 1863	1863,0809.1

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Murray 1868	69	128	None	None
Soutzo 1884	61	297	None	None
Pernice 1894	85	14	None	None

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