Lysimachia

1/2 Mina

Lead

Cast

Triangle

5.80 cm

6.60 cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
249.60	-	Nov. 26, 2020	Autopsy	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Lion	Relief	LEFT	Leaping

Auction Roma 2020: Thrace, Lysimacheia(?) PB Hemimnaion (1/2 Mina) Weight. Circa late 4th-2nd century BC. Lion walking to left, breaking spear in jaws(?) / Blank. Cf. O. Tekin, Balance Weights in the Aegean World, Istanbul 2016, pp. 60-3, pl. 7, figs. 49-51, for another triangular weight of Lysimacheia, cf. fig. 65. 249.60g, 66mm x 58mm. Condition as seen.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination

Ἡ(μιμναῖον?).

GREEK

FROM -309 TO -144

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Antiquities Trade	Oct. 15, 2020	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Auction Roma 2020h	None	348	None	None

Auction Roma 2020: The stance of the lion depicted on this triangular weight bears a striking resemblance to the reverse types depicting a lion crouching leftwards, breaking a spear held in its mouth found on the coinage of Kardia (for example, see HGC 3.2, 1477). This reverse type almost certainly provided the prototype for another hemimnaion weight bearing the ethnic for Lysimacheia (see Gorny & Mosch Auction 169, lot 448 = Tekin 15, fig. 49). The recorded weights of Lysimacheia suggest a mina of around 500g on a standard of 112/114 drachms (see Tekin, references). The weight of the present hemimnaion corresponds to this exactly and the presence of the lion, along with its similarity to the aforementioned example, suggest it can be tentatively attributed to Lysimacheia.