Lysimachia

1 Mina , 2 Minas

Lead

Cast

Square

7.40 cm

7.10 cm

1.00 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Lion	Relief	RIGHT	Leaping

CPAI II : Square in form with rounded corners and slightly raised edges. On the face, lion running right and below, spear's head; at the corners, Λ-Υ-Σ-Ι(μαχέων); all in relief. Surface somewhat worn; bottom is blank. This scene, i.e. lion and spear head, is seen on the Lysimachian coins in the Hellenistic period. Lion is the civic badge for Lysimachea. Its mass corresponds to a mna.
Tekin 2018: Square lead weight with rounded corners and concave edges. On the obverse there is a lion jumping right, in relief. On the corners, from top left, Λ-Υ-Σ-Ι. Below the belly of the lion, Δ may stand for demosion (state guarantee). The reverse is blank.

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 -144

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

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Archaeological Museums Istanbul	Jan. 1, 1992	92.269 (M)

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI II	None	022	pl. 7	None
Killen 2016	133	11	None	None
Tekin 2016a	60–65, 181–184	10	pl. 9/59	None
Killen 2017a	197	Lysi III b 7	None	None
Tekin 2018a	98	15	figs.	None

CPAI II: Cf.: Lang 1968, no. 3 (misattributed to "Smyrna"); Vassilev 1988, p. 7, fig. 1; Gorny und Mosch 175, 9 March 20069, # 323; for some Lysimachean weights on online auctions see Tekin 2012, pp. 287-90.
SK: spear's head ?
The weight is very light for a double mina. The dimensions of the weight (length and width) are similar to those of other heavier double minas of the city.