Authority
Aurelius Anaxagoras, f. Saturnin[us?], agoranomos (Magnesia on the Maeander)
Mint
Magnesia ad Maeandrum
Metrology
Mass (g) |
Mass (grain) |
Date of measurement |
Reference |
fragmented |
cleaned |
reference weight |
121.30 |
- |
- |
Weiß 2013 |
No |
No |
Yes |
Iconography
Symbol |
Technique |
Direction |
Position |
Number |
Synecdoche |
Artemis / Diana |
Stamped / Countermarked / Struck |
FACING |
Standing |
|
|
Nike |
Stamped / Countermarked / Struck |
|
|
Two |
|
Eagle |
Stamped / Countermarked / Struck |
|
|
Two |
|
Ear of wheat |
Stamped / Countermarked / Struck |
|
|
Two |
|
Star |
Stamped / Countermarked / Struck |
|
|
Two |
|
Tyche |
Stamped / Countermarked / Struck |
LEFT |
Standing |
|
|
Rudder |
Stamped / Countermarked / Struck |
|
|
|
|
Cornucopia |
Stamped / Countermarked / Struck |
|
|
|
|
Dot / Pellet |
Incised |
|
|
Six |
|
Handle
No
Suspension hole
No
Recarved mould
No
Recarved weight
No
Intentionally destroyed
No
Archaeological description
Weiß 2013: Rechteckige Bleiplatte. 6,1–5,5 × 5,3 cm; 121,3 g. Auf der Oberseite ist der große Buchstabe “Δ” eingraviert, daneben befinden sich zwei parallele Reihen von drei runden Eintiefungen. An jeder Ecke ein Kontrollstempel, zweimal der Stempel (a), zweimal der Stempel (b). Kontrollstempel der Stadt (a): Frontale Kultstatue der Artemis Leukophryene, bekränzt von zwei fliegenden Niken, zu Füßen zwei Adler, neben diesen je eine Ähre; links und rechts ein Stern, darunter “Μ – Α”, das heißt Μα(γνήτων), “(Kontrollstempel) der Magneten”. Kontrollstempel des Agoranomen (b): Tyche mit Steuerruder und Füllhorn nach links stehend, Umschrift ΑΥΡ ΑΝΑΞΑΓΟΡΟΥ ΣΑΤΟΡΝΕΙΛ++ | ΑΓΟΡ–ΑΝ, also Αὐρ(ηλίου) Ἀναξαγόρου Σατορνείλ[ου?] ἀγοραν(όμου), “(Kontrollstempel) des Agoranomen Aurelius Anaxagoras, des Sohnes des Saturnin[us?]”. Gefunden bei den Grabungen vor der Orchestra des Theaters. Museum Aydın Nr. 96/3654. Bingöl 2005, 76 (ohne Lesung des Stempels b); 255, Abb. 247 a-c; Abbildung eines der städtischen Stempel auch bei Bingöl 2007, 66. Die Lesung der Stempelabdrücke b anhand der Abbildungen in SEG 2005, 1255 (Abb. 1).
SEG 55: Magnesia on the Maeander. Lead weight, undated (after 212 A.D.?). Quadrangular lead weight, found during the excavations of the ‘theatron’. On the upper surface, to the left of two vertical rows of three round cuttings each, the letter Δ; in each of the upper corners a round stamp with a depiction of Artemis, in each of the lower corners one with a representation of Tyche in the center, surrounded in two concentric circles by an inscription. Mentioned by O.Bingöl, op.cit. (SEG 55 1253) 76 (ph.). The inscription around Tyche is difficult to read from the photo; tentatively: Αὐρ. Ἀναξαγόρου Σατορνείλ̣[ου?] | ἀγορ-αν(όμου).
SEG 63: Weight, 225-250 A.D. Cf. SEG LV 1255. Oblique lead plaque; on the obverse a large Δ (= ‘four Roman unciae’) , flanked by two rows of three circular depressions each; on each corner a control stamp, twice the stamp of the city (A), twice the stamp of the agoranomos (B). In the museum in Aydın. W. substantially confirms the reading of B (SEG, after the ph.), but adds minor changes/comments and publishes the control stamp of the city (A). He interprets the two rows of three depressions as indications of its weight (= six old staters?) in a former use; the weight was later re-used and validated by the agoranomos through the preserved stamps.