Lysimachia

1 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

6.30 cm

6.40 cm

1.40 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
505.00	-	-	CPAI II	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Lion	Relief	RIGHT	Leaping

CPAI II : Square in form with concave edges; an iron nailed on reverse whose tip is seen on obverse; worn. On obverse is a lion to right (head looking back ?) and Λ-Υ-Σ-Ι on the corners which stands for Λυσιμαχέων; all in relief. Reverse is blank but an iron hobnail has been added to the original weight to raise the mass. Its mass corresponds to a mna.
Tekin 2018: Square lead weight with rounded corners and concave edges. Too worn. On the obverse there is a lion jumping right and looking back (?), in relief. On each corner, from top left, Λ-Υ-Σ-Ι. Below the belly of the lion is an Μ which stands for mna. The reverse is blank. To adjust the mass, an iron boss was inserted on the reverse of which the other end is visible on the obverse.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint

Λ        Υ

Σ  Μ?  Ι

Λ–υ|σ–ι(μαχέων) μ(νᾶ?).

GREEK

FROM -309 TO -200

CPAI II : End of fourth century - third century BC.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Archaeological Museums Istanbul	Jan. 1, 2010	10.352 (M)

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI II	None	021	pl. 6	None
Killen 2016	132–133	10	None	None
Tekin 2016a	60–65, 181–184	6	pl. 8/55	None
Killen 2017a	197	Lysi III b 6	None	None
Tekin 2018a	97	11	fig.	None

CPAI II: Cf.: Lang 1968, no. 3 (misattributed to "Smyrna"); Vassilev 1988, p. 7, fig. 1; Gorny und Mosch 175, 9 March 2009, # 323; for some Lysimachean weights on online auctions see Tekin 2012, pp. 287-90.
Simone Killen : Obverse : lion looking to the obverser
Between Σ and Ι : Μ ?