Lysimachia

1 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

6.10 cm

5.70 cm

2.20 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
496.80	-	-	CPAI III/1	No	No	No
496.70	-	Dec. 5, 2024	Autopsy Thomas Leblanc	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Lion	Relief	RIGHT	Leaping

CPAI III/1 : Roughly square in form. On the obverse, a lion running right; on the top left and right corners, Λ-Υ(σιμαχέων); all in relief. Incision on the belly of the lion. Lion is the civic badge of Lysimachea. The reverse is blank but there is a scratched monogram of (= M + N + A). Its mass corresponds to a mna.
Tekin 2018: Square lead weight with sharp corners. On the obverse there is a lion jumping right with three-quarter facing head, in relief. On top corners, Λ-Υ. The reverse is blank but a monogram comprising the letters Μ+Ν+Α is incised.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Mint
Greek	Incised	Authority

Λ   Υ

Α uel Μ+Ν+Α

Λ–υ(σιμαχέων). || α´ uel μνᾶ.

GREEK

FROM -309 TO -144

CPAI III/1 : Hellenistic (End of 4th century - 3rd century BC).

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	Jan. 1, 2007	PMA 1904

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI III/1	None	002	pl. 1	None
Tekin 2016a	60–65, 181–184	9	pl. 9/58	None
Tekin 2018a	98	14	figs.	None
Tekin 2021	117–119	None	fig. 10	None

CPAI III/1: Cf. Lang 1968, no. 3 but misattributed to "Smyrna", for attribution to Lysimachea see Tekin 2013b, no. 2 (653 g). This weight and the weights in Lang are so similar that one may think that they were from the same cast. See also Rochesnard, p. 83, the last example, 480.45 g (misattributed to Smyrna); Vassilev 1998, p. 7, fig. 1; Gorny und Mosch 175, 9 March 2009, # 323. For the Lysimachean weights in online auctions see Tekin 2012; CPAI Turkey 2, 021-024 (first two are mnas and other two are tetartons respectively); Tekin 2013c, nos. 4-5 (hemimnaion and tetarton respectively); Kruse and Stumpf 1998, p. 7, no. 9 (tetarton, 123.85 g).