Seleucia Pieria

1/2 Mina

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Square

8.00 cm

7.80 cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
228.47	-	-	Auction Leu 2020	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Horse	Relief	RIGHT	Walking
Lattice pattern	Relief
Anchor	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck

Auction Leu 2020: Seleukis and Pieria. Seleukeia Pieria. Circa 250-100 BC. Weight of 1/2 Mina (Hemimnaion) (Bronze, 80x78 mm, 228.47 g). ΣΕΛΕΥKEION / HMIMNAION Horse walking to right; to lower right, countermark: Seleukid anchor. Rev. Latticework design. CPAI -. Pondera 3504. Extremely rare. A beautiful Seleukid weight with a lovely green patina. Holed for suspension as made and somewhat smoothed, otherwise, very fine.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint

ΣΕΛΕ  ΚΕΙΟΝ

ΗΜΙΜΝΑΙΟΝ

Σελε[ύ]κειον | ἡμιμναῖον.

GREEK

FROM -250 TO -100

Seyrig 1946–48, p. 45–46: 301–187/6 BCE; Gatier 1994: mid-2nd c. BCE?

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Antiquities Trade	Oct. 23, 2020	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Auction Leu 2020d	262	1996	fig. 1996	None
Tekin 2024c	None	None	fig. 19	None

Auction Leu 2020: This beautiful Seleukid weight corresponds to a Mina of 456 g, and, thus, to 100 drachms of Attic weight.