Colophon

2 Staters , 1/12 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

2.70 cm

2.70 cm

0.70 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
44.71	-	-	Tekin 2016	No	No	Yes
44.61	-	-	Doğan Gürbüzer 2020	No	No	No
44.70	-	-	Tekin 2024	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Lyre / Cithara	Relief

Tekin 2024: Colophon. Dodekaton? Pb 44.70 g, 27x27x7 mm. Inv. no. 91.11.90. Find place: Değirmendere-Colophon. Acquired in 1990. Lead weight, square in form. On the obverse, lyre; on the bottom left, Δ and on the bottom right, Ω or Α. So, the two letters on the bottom left and right is either Δ − Ω (for Δωδέκατον - Dodekaton) or Δ − Α (for Δαμόσιον − Damosion). However, we know that Colophon was a city of Ionia and used Ionian dialect; furthermore, in the inscriptions it appears as 'demos' instead of 'damos' for the Colophonian assembly. Besides, no. 2 of Colophon in this catalog it reads Δ − Η. Therefore, it is more likely that the letter at the bottom right is omega rather than alpha. The unit could also be interpreted as distater since its mass corresponds to a distater. In summary, it seems that these two letters are Δ − Ω and denote a dodekaton (1/12 mna, mna of 536.4 g). The lyre, being the symbol of Colophon, indicates that this weight might have been produced and used there. It dates to the Hellenistic period.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Legal status

Δ–ι̣(στάτηρον?) or Δ–η(μόσιον?) or Δ–ω(δέκατον?)

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -1

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Ephesus Museum	Dec. 31, 1990	91.11.90

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2016a	111–113, 203–205	14	pl. 31/238	None
Doğan Gürbüzer 2020	184–185	None	Fotoğraf 6	None
Tekin 2024d	140	8	fig. 8	None

Tekin 2016: Distateron?