West Asian mint

1 Mina

Lead

Cast

Rectangle

6.40 cm

5.30 cm

1.90 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
498.40	-	April 15, 2024	Autopsy Thomas Leblanc	No	No	Yes
499.00	-	-	Tekin 2024	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Tuna fish	Relief	LEFT

Tekin 2024: Mna, Pb 499 g, 53x63 mm. Inv. no. 570. Lead weight, rectangular in form with slightly rounded corners. On the top is a tuna fish in relief. Since there is no ethnic, attribution to Cyzicus is not certain but it is the strongest candidate. Additionally, a weight at the Bandırma Museum, located ca. 10 km away from Kyzikos, serves as a fine example of Cyzicus weights that do not bear an ethnikon. This also makes Cyzicus as the strongest candidate for the weights bearing just a tuna fish in relief. This current weight is a mna in unit. The bottom is blank.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -1

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Eskinazi Collection	None	570

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2024a	47	15	fig. 15	None