1/2 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

6.90 cm

6.60 cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
283.61	-	-	Auction Leu 2025	No	No	No
284.00	-	-	Auction Leu 2020	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Silphium	Relief			Two

Auction Leu 2020: Kyrene (?). Circa 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD. Weight of 1/2 Mina (Hemimnaion) (Lead, 66x69 mm, 284.00 g). Two silphium plants. Rev. Blank. Unpublished and unique. Some casting faults on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.
Auction Leu 2025: KYRENAICA. Kyrene (?). Circa 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD. Weight of 1/2 Mina (Hemimnaion) (Lead, 66x69 mm, 283.61 g). Two silphium plants. Rev. Blank. Unpublished and unique. Some casting faults on the obverse, otherwise, very fine. From the collection of the Hamburg-based Psychologist and Educational Scientist, Prof. Dr. Paul Probst, ex Leu 7, 24 October 2020, 2004. The obverse of this weight shows a schematic rendering of two silphium plants, which grew wild in the Kyrenaika and was used both for medical purposes and eaten as a vegetable. Such a weight would most likely have been produced and used in Kyrene.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type

GREEK

FROM -250 TO -1

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Probst Collection	Oct. 23, 2020	None
Antiquities Trade	July 8, 2025	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Auction Leu 2020e	268	2004	fig. 2004	None
Auction Leu 2025b	None	4134	None	None

Denomination = 1/2 mina? Symbol = two anchors?
Auction Leu 2020: The obverse of this weight shows a schematic rendering of two silphium plants, which grew wild in the Kyrenaika and was used both for medical purposes and eaten as a vegetable. Such a weight would most likely have been produced and used in Kyrene.

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