1/2 Mina

Lead

Cast

Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)

8.30 cm

8.30 cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
234.00	-	-	Auction Leu 2020, 2022, 2023	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Pig / Boar / Sow	Relief	RIGHT	Leaping		Protome

Auction Leu 2020: Levantine region, uncertain. Circa 250-100 BC. Weight of 1 Hemimnaion (Lead, 83 mm, 234.00 g). K...ON...M...ON. Forepart of a boar emerging to right within round incuse. Unpublished. Holed twice for suspension, but with the inner hole plugged in antiquity, otherwise, very fine.
Auction Leu 2022, 2023: Levantine region, uncertain. Uncertain. Circa 250-100 BC. Weight of 1 Hemimnaion (Lead, 83 mm, 234.00 g). K...ON...M...ON. Forepart of a boar emerging to right within round incuse. Rev. Blank. Pondera 13352 (this piece). Holed twice for suspension, but with the inner hole plugged in antiquity, otherwise, very fine.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Illegible

K . . . ON . . . M . . . ON

GREEK

FROM -250 TO -1

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Private Collection #20230712, Switzerland	Feb. 28, 2022	None
Hadad Collection	July 12, 2023	WHW 39

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Auction Leu 2020d	265	2000	fig. 2000	None
Auction Leu 2022a	None	3409	fig.	None
Auction Leu 2023b	None	5783	fig.	None

Auction Leu 2020, 2022, 2023: It is unfortunate that the inscription in the outer circle of this very unusual weight is almost entirely illegible, as it might have provided some insight as to under whose authority it was produced.

https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/31/3409 , https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/42/5783