Byzantion

2 Staters

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Rectangle

3.00 cm

2.50 cm

0.80 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

CPAI II : Rectangular in form. On the face, ΠΥ at the upper part; cow's protome and globe-like object or an omikron at the lower part. Surface somewhat worn; bottom is blank. The first letter Π is a Corinthian beta and seen on the Byzantium coinage during the Classical and Hellenistic periods until the normal beta replaces Corinthian beta in the late second century. The mass corresponds to tristateron. On the other hand, since the mass of the weight corresponds the unit, that is "ogdoon" (one-height of a mna), so we may include tentatively that the globe-like object on the right lower corner may be an omikron, the initial letter of the unit's name.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint

Βυ(ζαντίων) | πό(λις) ?

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -200

CPAI II : Hellenistic.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Archaeological Museums Istanbul	Jan. 1, 1996	96.33 (M)

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI II	None	025	pl. 8	None
Tekin 2016a	66–68, 185	5	pl. 11/77	None

CPAI II: Schönert-Geiss 1970, p. 3, footnote 6; Weiss 2008, pp. 710-712.
Simone Killen : Corinthian beta is normal. Beta : late third century BC. Datation before ca. 200 BC.
Is there really a cow's protome ?