Apollodoros, agoranomos (Heraclea Pontica)

Heraclea Pontica

1 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

5.40 cm

6.00 cm

2.00 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Quiver	Relief
Club	Relief
Heracles / Hercules	Relief	RIGHT			Head

Auction Leu 2021: Bithynia. Herakleia Pontika, circa 4th-3rd centuries BC. Weight of 1 Mina (Lead, 20x54x60 mm, 578.00 g, 6 h), Apollodoros, magistrate. MNA Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. HPAKΛE/ΩTAN Club and bow in bowcase. Pondera -, cf. 1593, 12524, 12607, 12608 and 13034 (differing magistrates). Apparently unpublished. Some minor flan faults and with two large cuts on the reverse, otherwise, very fine. This impressive early Hellenistic weight is stamped twice on the edge with AΠΟΛΛOΔΩPOY within a rectangular incuse. This is very likely the name of the magistrate overseeing the production and guaranteeing the weight standard of the weight.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint
Greek	Stamped / Countermarked	Authority

ΜΝΑ

HPAKΛE
ΩTAN

Countermarks (on two sides): AΠΟΛΛOΔΩPOY

Μνᾶ || Ἡρακλ|εωτᾶν.
Countermarks (on two sides): Ἀπολλοδώρου.

GREEK

FROM -350 TO -250

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Antiquities Trade	Dec. 20, 2021	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Auction Leu 2021d	None	3951	None	None

https://leunumismatik.com/en/lot/29/3951