Corinth

1/4 Mina

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)

4.60 cm

- cm

0.80 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
88.00	-	-	Donati 2010	Yes	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Tekin 2016a: A semicircular lead weight, broken with missing mass, was uncovered nearby the Panhagia Church in 1954; it weighs 88 g. On its obverse is ΔΑΜΟ(σιον) engraved, which indicates it was under state guarantee. On the reverse side is the ethnic ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΝ and its denomination as quarter mna is indicated with ΤΕ(ταρτον); it dates to the fifth-fourth centuries BC. / Donati 2010: Semicircular bronze weight, one-quarter mina; on the obverse from left to right: δαμό(σιον) ; on the reverse around the curved edge from left to right: Κορινθίων; from left to right on the lower edge: τε(ταρταῖον). Single piece broken on two sides; slightly lunate with incised inscriptions on both sides. A smooth surface on the bottom shows that the shape of the weight was semicircular. Its original weight must have been just more than 100 g, which corresponds to the 412.50 g mina standard known in other Corinthian weights.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Incised	Denomination, Mint

Δαμό(σιον) || Κορινθίων Τε(ταρτεμόριον).

GREEK

FROM -500 TO -300

5th or 4th c. BC

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth	None	MF 9810

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Pallas 1956	21	None	None	(non vidi)
Donati 2010	7, 20	9	fig. 5	None
Kroll 2012	112, n. 6	None	None	None
Tekin 2016a	47, 49	None	None	None