Colophon

2 Staters , 1/12 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

2.80 cm

2.80 cm

0.50 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Lyre / Cithara	Relief

Tekin 2024: Colophon. Distateron or Dodekaton? Pb 44.35 g, 28x28x5 mm. Inv. no. 92.11.90. Find place: Değirmendere-Colophon. Acquisition in 1990. Lead weight, square in form. On the obverse, lyre, Δ on the left bottom corner and illegible letter on the right bottom due to the dent over it; all in relief. This two-letter group must be one of the following: Δ − Η (Δημόσιον-demosion, “belonging to the state”, ie public weight), Δ − Ι (Διστάτηρον-distateron), or Δ − Ω (Δωδέκατον-Dodekaton). So, in terms of its unit, it is either a distateron (stater of 22.17 g) or dodekaton (1/12 mna, mna of 532.2 g). The reverse is blank. The lyre, being the symbol of Colophon, indicates that this weight has 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	92.11.90

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2016a	111–113, 203–205	15	pl. 31/239	None
Doğan Gürbüzer 2020	184–185	None	Fotoğraf 7	None
Tekin 2024d	140–141	9	fig. 9	None

Tekin 2016: Distateron?