Alexandria Troas

1/4 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

4.50 cm

4.40 cm

0.70 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Horse	Relief	RIGHT	Grazing
Circle	Relief

CPAI III/1 : Square in form with rounded corners; the upper left corner is missing; the top and bottom right corners are folding down avor the design. On the obverse, a grazing horse standing right; below its belly, an elliptical object; above ΑΛΕ(ξανδρέων); below the ground line (in exergue), ΤΑ[Ρ] which may stand for ταρτημόριον; all in relief. The reverse is blank. The missing part on the upper edge would bring the mass up to c. 110 g. It is a tetarton in unit, i.e. one-fourth of a mna (mna of 395 g or originally 440 g).

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint

Ἀλε(ξανδρέων) | (τ̣έ)τα(ρτον).

GREEK

FROM -301 TO -12

CPAI III/1 : Hellenistic.
The weights of Alexandria Troas are dated between 301 and 12 BCE.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	Dec. 31, 2007	PMA 1906

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI III/1	None	035	pl. 11	None
Tekin 2016a	93–97, 196–197	10	pl. 22/174	None

Cf. Michon 1907, no. 554; Rochesnard, p. 55, first two examples; Weiss 2008, p. 720, D-E; Tekin 2013e, no. 1.