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  • Copyright credit: The British Museum

  • Copyright credit: The British Museum

  • Copyright credit: The British Museum

  • Copyright credit: The British Museum

  • Copyright credit: The British Museum

  • Copyright credit: The British Museum

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
  • Authority
    D(...), agoranomos (Antioch)
  • Mint
    Antioch
  • Denomination
    1 Mina
  • Material
    Metal: Lead
  • Manufacture
    Cast
  • Shape
    Square
  • Length
    10.65 cm
  • Width
    10.15 cm
  • Height
    0.90 cm
  • Metrology
    Mass (g) Mass (grain) Date of measurement Reference fragmented cleaned reference weight
    633.00 - Jan. 17, 2008 Autopsy Simone Killen No No Yes
  • Iconography
    Symbol Technique Direction Position Number Synecdoche
    Double cornucopia Relief
    Lattice pattern Relief
  • Wear
  • Corrosion
  • Handle
    No
    Suspension hole
    No
  • Recarved mould
    No
    Recarved weight
    No
  • Intentionally destroyed
    No
  • Archaeological description
    Lead weight; crossed cornucopia; lattice; inscribed ΕΤΟΥΣ ΔΛΣ [rather than: ΜΣ] ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ Δ ΜΝΑ.
  • Autopsy
    Yes
INSCRIPTION
  • Language Technique Legend type
    Greek Relief Authority, Date, Denomination, Mint
  • Fac simile
  • Edition
    Ἔτους δλσ´ | δημοσία | Δ | μνᾶ.
  • Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
  • Findspot (region)
  • Findspot (site)
  • Context
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
  • Region
  • City
  • Date of first acquisition
    April 21, 1910
  • circumstances
    Purchased through: W Caudery & Co.
    Purchased from F I Young.
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
  • Curatorial Section
    GREEK
  • Time frame
    FROM -79 TO -78
  • Comments on Chronology
    Seleucid Era 234 (δλσ´) = 79/78 BCE (rather than Seleucid Era 240 [μσ´] = 73/72 BCE). British Museum: 78 BCE
COLLECTION HISTORY
  • Collection
    Name Date of acquisition Inventory number
    British Museum (London) April 21, 1910 1910,0421.1
    Young Collection None None
  • Bibliography
    Reference Page/Column Reference (number) Plate / Figure Comment
    Smith 1911 459 VI.25 None None
    British Museum 1929³ 150 462 None None
    Seyrig (archives) [Paris] None HS 337 II None None
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