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  • Copyright credit: Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève / Charles Doyen

  • Copyright credit: Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève / Charles Doyen

  • Copyright credit: Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève / Photograph: Charles Doyen

  • Copyright credit: Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève / Photograph: Charles Doyen

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
  • Authority
    Antiochos, agoranomos (Seleucia Pieria)
  • Mint
    Seleucia Pieria
  • Denomination
    1/8 Mina
  • Material
    Metal: Lead
  • Manufacture
    Cast
  • Shape
    Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)
  • Length
    4.90 cm
  • Width
    5.00 cm
  • Height
    0.40 cm
  • Metrology
    Mass (g) Mass (grain) Date of measurement Reference fragmented cleaned reference weight
    67.70 - Jan. 16, 2017 Autopsy Charles Doyen No No Yes
    67.65 - - Archives Seyrig No No No
  • Iconography
    Symbol Technique Direction Position Number Synecdoche
    Lattice pattern Relief
    Herm Relief
    Caduceus Relief
    Cornucopia Relief
  • Wear
  • Corrosion
  • Handle
    No
    Suspension hole
    No
  • Recarved mould
    No
    Recarved weight
    No
  • Intentionally destroyed
    No
  • Archaeological description
    Circular weight. On the main face, inscription ε̣ν̣ρ´ | Σελεύ–κειον | ἐπὶ | Ἀντι–όχου | ὄγδοον, standing figure with caduceus, and cornucopia. On the reverse, lattice.
    Archives Seyrig (HS 328, I) : Commerce à Beyrouth, 1968. 67,65 g.
  • Autopsy
    Yes
INSCRIPTION
  • Language Technique Legend type
    Greek Relief Authority, Date, Denomination, Mint
  • Fac simile
  • Edition
    ε̣ν̣ρ´ | Σελεύ–κειον | ἐπὶ | Ἀντι–όχου | ὄγδοον.
  • Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
  • Findspot (region)
  • Findspot (site)
  • Context
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
  • Region
    Lebanon: Beyrouth (Bayrūt)
  • City
    Beirut [Berytus / Laodicea / Laodikeia en te Phoinike / Col. Iulia Augusta Felix]
  • Date of first acquisition
    Dec. 31, 1968
  • circumstances
    Seen by Seyrig in Beirut in 1968 (antiquities trade).
    Archives Seyrig (HS 337 IV): “Nouv(eau) poids de Séleucie acquis par Roger Péreire en 1968”.
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
  • Curatorial Section
    GREEK
  • Time frame
    FROM -160 TO -156
  • Comments on Chronology
    Seleucid Era 155 = 158/157 BCE or Seleucid Era 153 = 160/159 BCE or Seleucid Era 156 = 157/156 BCE
    If the reading ε̣ν̣ρ´ is correct, Antiochos was agoranomos during the same year as Lykinos (Seleucid Era 155 = 158/157 BCE).
COLLECTION HISTORY
  • Collection
    Name Date of acquisition Inventory number
    Art and History Museum (Geneva) None CdN 32561 bis b
  • Bibliography
    Reference Page/Column Reference (number) Plate / Figure Comment
    Seyrig (archives) [Paris] None HS 328 I; HS 337 IV None None
VARIA
  • Additional comment
    Several pictures and a drawing are available in Seyrig’s archives (HS 328 I; HS 337 IV).
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