Athens

1/8 Stater

Lead

Cast

Square

3.30 cm

3.30 cm

1.40 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
116.90	-	Sept. 13, 2017	Measurement done by L. Willocx	No	No	Yes
108.86	1680.0	-	The British Museum	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Half-tortoise

Lightly worn

Corroded

Autoptic examination:
Lead weight; square shape. Signs of wear and corrosion: chippings; small cut underneath the tortoise (engraved M?). On the reverse, the edges are partly set at a slight slant. Sides are slightly bumpy. Rounded and slightly raised corners; straight sides; rounded edges. On the obverse, depiction of an half-tortoise in relief (a bit flattened and erased). Dots (a bit erased) on the tortoise's shell and circular edge around it.

British Museum: Lead weight; representation of half a tortoise.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type

GREEK

3th c. - 2nd half of 2nd c. BC (Hitzl)

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
British Museum (London)	May 8, 1867	1867,0508.231
Blacas d'Aulps Collection	None	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Madden 1864	257	13?	None	None
Murray 1868	69	110 (or 119?)	None	None
Soutzo 1884	54	79	None	None
Pernice 1894	105	151 (or 194?)	None	None

"Louis, Duc de Blacas d'Aulps Collection"

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=763459&partId=1&searchText=1867,0508.231&page=1