Moesian mint

1/8 Mina

Lead

Cast

Triangle

5.64 cm

5.16 cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
56.15	-	-	Cantacuzène 1927–32	No	No	Yes
56.16	-	-	Ocheşeanu 1997	No	No	No
53.20	-	-	Municipal Museum Bucharest (inventory book)	No	No	No
50.32	-	-	Gramaticu 2015	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Hermes	Relief	LEFT			Head
Petasos	Relief	LEFT
Caduceus	Relief	LEFT

Cantacuzène 1927–32: Poids triangulaire inédit en plomb, trouvé à Tomis en 1913. II appartient au Dr. G. Severeanu. Cette pièce est en mauvais état et un tiers en est perdu. Elle pèse actuellement 56,150 gr. La pièce tout entière devait peser environ 80 gr. (fig. 2). On voit de face un Hermes coiffé du pétase et regardant vers la gauche. Au-dessous les lettres: ΟΓ[ΔΟΟΝ]: Les bords de ce poids sont relevés. Le revers ne porte rien. Ce poids était 1/8 de la mine attique de Tomis. II est le premier exemplaire qui mentionne cette division.
Moisil 1957: ΟΓΔΟ jos la stînga. Capul lui Hermes spre stînga, fără caduceu. Jos la stînga o contramarcă ovală reprezentînd un caduceu. Rv. Fără legendă şi fără tip. Plumb triunghiular. Greutatea 78 g; latura 60 mm. Optime de mină. Colecţia Mina Paucker, Bucureşti. Un alt exemplar identic, dar rupt în lungime, în colecţia Muzeului de istorie şi arheologie al Bucureştilor (fără contramarcă).
Avram 2012–15: MMB, inv. 12 118 (collection Maria et George Severeanu). Lieu de découverte: Constanţa, en 1913. Poids de plomb de forme triangulaire, très mal conservé et perforé au coin inférieur gauche: il manque ca. un tiers. Huitième de mine (ὄγδοον). L côté = 0,060 m. Poids : 50,32 g (56,15 g, Cantacuzène), non édifiant au vu de l’état de conservation.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination

Ὄγ[δο](ον).

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -100

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Bucharest Municipal Museum	None	12118
Severeanu Collection	None	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Cantacuzène 1927–32	603	2	fig. 2	(attribution to Tomis)
Moisil 1957	283	42 bis	None	(attribution to Tomis) (same object?)
Ocheşeanu 1997a	333–335	2	fig. 1	(attribution to Istros)
Avram 2012–15	175, 235	P15	fig. P15	(possible attribution to Tomis, or Istros)
Gramaticu 2015a	26, 31, 42	22	pl. 8/22	(attribution to Istros)

Compare with https://pondera.uclouvain.be/artifact/13511/
Gramaticu 2015, n. 52: George Cantacuzino mentions that the the weight has 56.16 g in 1933. Later, in 1939, Dr. George Severeanu donates his collection to the Municipal Museum of Bucharest. In the inventory register made after the Second World War, from 1948, the weight is registered as having 53.20 g. Today, the piece weighs 50.32 g. We can explain these differences only by the probable use of rudimentary means of weighing and / or maybe a bad restoration (excessive cleaning). For this reason, we compared the drawing of the weight as published on the first article with the nowadays picture. It is clear that the size was reduced because of the inappropriate restoration.