Titus Flavius Andronikos, paraphylax (Colophon?)

Colophon

1 Libra = 1 Litra

Lead

Cast

Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)

8.90 cm

8.90 cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
319.15	-	-	Auction Leu 2021	Yes	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Wreath	Relief

Auction Leu 2021: Ionia. Kolophon. Late 1st-2nd centuries. Weight of 1 Litra (Lead, 89 mm, 319.15 g, 6 h). ΛEITPA around wreath. Rev. TITON ΦΛ / ANΔPONЄ/IKON ΦΙΛO/CЄBACTOI / ΠAPAΦY/ΛAKЄC in six lines; to left, ΟIHЄPI(?). Cf. Pondera 11514 (for a similar weight from Kolophon). Unique and of great historical interest. Edge fault, otherwise, very fine.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Authority, Denomination

ΛΕΙΤΡΑ

← Ο ΙΠΕΡΙ (?)

ΤΙΤΟΝΦΛ
ΑΝΔΡΟΝЄ
ΙΚΟΝΦΙΛΟ
CЄΒΑCΤΟΙ
ΠΑΡΑΦΥ
ΛΑΚЄC

Λείτρα. || Οἱ περὶ (?) Τίτον Φλ(άβιον) | Ἀνδρόνε|ικον φιλο|σέβαστοι | παραφύ|λακες.

GREEK , ROMAN

FROM 200 TO 250

According to Weiß 2018b, first half of the 3rd c. CE.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Antiquities Trade	Feb. 27, 2021	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Auction Leu 2021a	None	2614	None	None

Auction Leu 2021: The attribution of this fascinating weight of the paraphylax Titus Flavius Andronikos to Kolophon is based upon the close similarities in style and fabric to Pondera 11514, a weight of the eirenarchai Aurelius Tryphon and Quintus Lollius Epaphroditos. Both eirenarchai ('peace keepers') and paraphylakes ('chief guardians') were officials involved in policing communities and prosecuting crimes. The offices first appear in the late 1st century AD, a date which coincides well with Andronikos' Flavian name. In this regard, it is worth noting that another weight of 1 litra from Kolophon, Pondera 11471, provides the name of an eirenarchos Titus Flavius Euphonis, who might very well have been a relative of our Andronikos.