Medos or Medes (Heraclea Pontica)

Heraclea Pontica

1/3 Mina

Lead

Cast

Truncated pyramid

4.00 cm

4.10 cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
200.00	-	-	Tekin 2024	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Heracles / Hercules	Relief	RIGHT			Head
Club	Relief
Quiver	Relief

Tekin 2024: Hemimnaion, Pb 200 g, 40x41 mm. Inv. no. 652. Lead weight, square in form with raised edge. Too worn. Unpublished. On the top, head of Heracles right, wearing lion scalp. On the bottom, club and bow in quiver but hardly visible. On the weights in Louvre and auction, ΗΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ is visible but on the current weight the legend is illegible (if any). All sides stamped with ΜΗΔΟΥ. All in relief. It is a hemimnaion in unit (mna of 400 g). The bottom is blank. It dates to the 4th– early 3rd century BC.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint
Greek	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck	Authority

[Τρίτη?]. || [Ἡρακλ|εωτᾶν]. || Μήδου. | Μήδου. | Μήδου. | Μήδου.

GREEK

FROM -350 TO -250

Killen 2017: 350–250 BCE

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Eskinazi Collection	None	652

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2024a	45	5	fig. 5	None

On the reverse: erased legend and symbols?