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Copyright credit: Ashmolean Museum / Louise Willocx
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Copyright credit: Ashmolean Museum / Louise Willocx
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Copyright credit: Ashmolean Museum / Louise Willocx
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Copyright credit: Ashmolean Museum / Louise Willocx
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Copyright credit: Meyer 2001–03
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Copyright credit: Meyer 2001–03
ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
Authority
Mint
Callatis
Denomination
1/8 Mina
Material
Lead
Manufacture
Cast
Shape
Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)
Length
3.70 cm
Width
5.25 cm
Height
0.95 cm
Metrology
| Mass (g) | Mass (grain) | Date of measurement | Reference | fragmented | cleaned | reference weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62.40 | - | Sept. 3, 2019 | Autopsy Louise Willocx | No | No | Yes |
| 62.38 | - | - | Meyer 2001–03 | No | No | No |
Iconography
| Symbol | Technique | Direction | Position | Number | Synecdoche |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermes | Relief | LEFT | Head | ||
| Petasos | Relief | LEFT | |||
| Nike | Relief | LEFT | |||
| Stylis | Relief | ||||
| Crown | Relief | ||||
| Club | Relief |
Wear
Little to no wear
Corrosion
Lightly corroded
Handle
Yes
Suspension hole
Yes
Recarved mould
No
Recarved weight
No
Intentionally destroyed
No
Archaeological description
Ashmolean Museum: Lead weight with face on one side.
Meyer 2001–03: Callatian weight of the autonomous period. Disc lead weight, 62.38 gr., 5.25 x 3.72 x 0.97 cm. Obv. Head of Hermes I. with petasos. Edges folded in. Rev. Winged Nike I. with stylis, crowning Herakles' club, weight mark ΟΓΔΟ placed vertically in-between. AN 2004.37. One-eighth mina. A pierced lobe is attached at the top. There is a cut on the symbols of the reverse, otherwise the object is in excellent condition. The two closest parallels in shape and iconography are a mina and a one-sixth mina of the so-called Pallas Athena group that was singled out from the Callatian corpus by Moisil. They both show the helmeted bust of Athena on the obverse and a Nike crowning Herakles' club on the reverse. The example in the Ashmolean belongs most likely to the same issue, the lower denomination being indicated by a lesser divinity of the civic pantheon.
Autoptic examination: Lead weight, disc shape; rounded (or square?) handle. Signs of wear and corrosion: chippings; small bumps; cut on the upper edge of the handle, small ones on the relief on the reverse. The edges are slightly folded on the obverse. On the obverse, depiction in relief: Head of Hermes to the left with petasos. On the reverse, depiction in relief: Winged Nike to the left with stylis, crowning Herakles' club. Along the club, legend in relief: ΟΓΔO.
Meyer 2001–03: Callatian weight of the autonomous period. Disc lead weight, 62.38 gr., 5.25 x 3.72 x 0.97 cm. Obv. Head of Hermes I. with petasos. Edges folded in. Rev. Winged Nike I. with stylis, crowning Herakles' club, weight mark ΟΓΔΟ placed vertically in-between. AN 2004.37. One-eighth mina. A pierced lobe is attached at the top. There is a cut on the symbols of the reverse, otherwise the object is in excellent condition. The two closest parallels in shape and iconography are a mina and a one-sixth mina of the so-called Pallas Athena group that was singled out from the Callatian corpus by Moisil. They both show the helmeted bust of Athena on the obverse and a Nike crowning Herakles' club on the reverse. The example in the Ashmolean belongs most likely to the same issue, the lower denomination being indicated by a lesser divinity of the civic pantheon.
Autoptic examination: Lead weight, disc shape; rounded (or square?) handle. Signs of wear and corrosion: chippings; small bumps; cut on the upper edge of the handle, small ones on the relief on the reverse. The edges are slightly folded on the obverse. On the obverse, depiction in relief: Head of Hermes to the left with petasos. On the reverse, depiction in relief: Winged Nike to the left with stylis, crowning Herakles' club. Along the club, legend in relief: ΟΓΔO.
Autopsy
Yes
INSCRIPTION
| Language | Technique | Legend type |
|---|---|---|
| Greek | Relief | Denomination |
Fac simile
ΟΓΔO
Edition
Ὄγδοο(ν).
Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Findspot (region)
Findspot (site)
context
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
Region
City
Date of first acquisition
Dec. 31, 1996
circumstances
Meyer and Moreno 2004: In 1996 a private collector of ancient coins received a posted parcel containing 43 metal objects, supposedly lead weights from ancient Istria on the western shore of the Black Sea. These came unsolicited from an antiquities dealer based outside Britain, and given that they would otherwise most likely have been dispersed on the open market, the recipient notified the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and deposited the package at the Department of Antiquities.
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
Curatorial Section
GREEK
Time frame
FROM
-400
TO
-100
Comments on Chronology
COLLECTION HISTORY
Collection
| Name | Date of acquisition | Inventory number |
|---|---|---|
| Ashmolean Museum (Oxford) | Dec. 31, 1996 | AN 2004.37 |
Bibliography
| Reference | Page/Column | Reference (number) | Plate / Figure | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyer 2001–03 | 57–58, 73 | 26 | fig. 26 | None |
| Killen 2017a | 270 | Appendix 1, Keule, 16 | None | (possible attribution to Callatis) |
VARIA
Additional comment
Meyer 2001–03: The two closest parallels in shape and iconography are a mina and a one-sixth mina of the so-called Pallas Athena group that was singled out from the Callatian corpus by Moisil: Moisil 1957, 263-269, nos. 10-11, pls. 2. 5 and 3. 1 (mina at 463 gr. and hekte 80.66 gr.). [They both show the helmeted bust of Athena on the obverse and a Nike crowning Herakles' club on the reverse. The example in the Ashmolean belongs most likely to the same issue, the lower denomination being indicated by a lesser divinity of the civic pantheon.]
Killen 2017: Bei diesem Gewicht und den folgenden ist zu überlegen, ob es sich um offizielle Gewichte aus Kallatis (s. Kat. Kall) handeln kann. Als Parasemon von Kallatis wurde bereits die Keule in Verbindung mit Bogen (z. T. Gorytos) identifiziert.
Killen 2017: Bei diesem Gewicht und den folgenden ist zu überlegen, ob es sich um offizielle Gewichte aus Kallatis (s. Kat. Kall) handeln kann. Als Parasemon von Kallatis wurde bereits die Keule in Verbindung mit Bogen (z. T. Gorytos) identifiziert.
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