Alexandria Troas

2 Minas

Lead

Cast

Square

9.50 cm

9.20 cm

1.50 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
1266.00	-	-	Tekin 2016a	No	No	No
1263.60	-	April 16, 2024	Autopsy Thomas Leblanc	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Lyre / Cithara	Relief

Tekin 2016: The single surviving weight of Alabanda is square in form and of lead; it weighs 1266 g. At the corners it reads Α–Λ–Α–[Β] and at the bottom center it is inscribed with the unit mark Γ Μ, which stands for three mnas. The Kolophonian mna was ca. 500 g or a little over, whereas the Alabandean mna was 422 g. This is further criterion for differentiating the weights of Alabanda from those of Kolophon. Trimnaion, Pb, 1266 g, Lyre. İzak Eskinazi Collection, inv. no. 117. For the find place, there is a note in the inventory book: “from somewhere to the south of Söke”.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint

Ἀλ[εξ]α̣[ν](δρέων) | Μ̣Μ.

GREEK

FROM -301 TO -1

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Eskinazi Collection	None	117

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2016a	123, 209	1	pl. 35/278a–b	(attribution to Alabanda)
Tekin 2023a	134	2	2	None

Simone Killen: Alexandreia Troas normally has a grazing horse on its weights. The city could have a second parasemon, that´s possible. But the form of the ethnicon ΑΛΕΞΑΝ is only attested on the very first coin series of this city, but there is no cithara on the coins. I thought that the weight found on Delos [# 2862] is from Delos: the cithara could belong to Apollo as main deity of this island. But I never checked if we have any agoranomos or comparable magistrate called Alexandros at Delos.
For similar weights, see: https://pondera.uclouvain.be/artifact/2862/, https://pondera.uclouvain.be/artifact/11465/