Colophon

1/2 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

5.50 cm

5.50 cm

0.90 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
250.93	-	-	Tekin 2016	No	No	Yes
250.64	-	-	Doğan Gürbüzer 2020	No	No	No
250.85	-	-	Tekin 2024	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Lyre / Cithara	Relief

Tekin 2024: Colophon. Hemimnaion. Pb 250.85 g, 55x54x10 mm. Inv. no. 68.33.93. Find place: Değirmendere-Colophon. Acquired in 1993. Lead weight, square in form with corners slightly folded inwards. On the obverse, lyre and unit mark Η − Μ to the bottom left and right corners which stands for Hemimnaion - Ἡμιμναῖον (mna of 501.7 g); all in relief. The reverse is blank. It dates to the Hellenistic period.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination

Ἡ–μ(ιμναῖον).

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -1

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Ephesus Archaeological Museum	Dec. 31, 1993	68.33.93

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2016a	111–113, 203–205	4	pl. 30/229	None
Doğan Gürbüzer 2020	184–185	None	Fotoğraf 4	None
Tekin 2024d	139	1	fig. 1	None