Lysimachia

1/4 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

3.90 cm

3.60 cm

1.10 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Lion	Relief	RIGHT	Leaping		Protome

CPAI II : Square in form with rounded corners. On the face, a lion's protome to right; at the corners, Λ-Υ-Σ-Ι(μαχέων); between sigma and iota is Τ[Α] which stands for tetarton (one-fourth of a mna); all in relief; surface somewhat worn; the bottom is blank.
Tekin 2018: Square lead weight. On the obverse there is a lion protome jumping right, in relief. On the corners, from top left, Λ-Υ-Σ-Ι. Below the belly of the lion is a ΤΕ (ligature) which stands for tetarton. The reverse is blank.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint

Λ      Υ

Σ  ΤΕ  Ι

Λυσι(μαχέων) (τ)έ(ταρτον).

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, 1991	91.166 (M)

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI II	None	023	pl. 7	None
Killen 2016	135	29	None	None
Tekin 2016a	60–65, 181–184	30	pl. 10/71	None
Killen 2017a	199	Lysi IV b 15	None	None
Tekin 2018a	112	59	figs.	None

CPAI II: Cf.: Gorny & Mosche 175, 9 March 2009, # 327.
Simone Killen : Τ[Α] no need to add an alpha; if at all, an epsilon, but not on this piece.