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Copyright credit: Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection / Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum / Photographer : Thomas Leblanc
Copyright credit: Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection / Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum / Photographer : Thomas Leblanc
Copyright credit: Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection / Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum / Photographer : Thomas Leblanc
Copyright credit: Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection / Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum / Photographer : Thomas Leblanc
Copyright credit: Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection / Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum / Photographer : Thomas Leblanc
Copyright credit: Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection / Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum / Photographer : Thomas Leblanc
Copyright credit: Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection / Courtesy of Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT

Authority

Mint

Athens

Denomination

1/2 Stater

Material

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Manufacture

Cast

Shape

Square

Length

5.20 cm

Width

5.00 cm

Height

2.50 cm

Metrology

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
418.95	-	-	CPAI III/1	No	No	No
418.90	-	April 13, 2023	Thomas Leblanc	No	No	Yes

Iconography

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Dolphin	Relief

Wear

Corrosion

Corroded

Handle

Suspension hole

Recarved mould

Recarved weight

Intentionally destroyed

Archaeological description

CPAI III/1 : Square prism in form; corroded. On the obverse, dolphin diagonally placed to right; below, ΗΕ(μι) which stands for half or ΗΕ(μιστάτηρον); all in relief. On two edges, inscribed ΔΕΜΟΣΙ - ΟΝ which means that the weight is under the guarantee of the state or people. The reverse is blank. Dolphin is generally used on mna units as it appears on the weights found in the excavations at Athenian Agora. The weight is a hemistateron in unit (stater of 837.9 g). This weight does not seem genuine but rather a modern fake.

Autopsy

Yes

INSCRIPTION

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination
Greek	Relief	Authority

Fac simile

ΗΕ(μι) |
ΔΕΜΟΣΙ - ΟΝ

Edition

Monogram

ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

Findspot (region)

Findspot (site)

context

CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION

Region

City

Date of first acquisition

circumstances

CPAI III/1 : Acquired in 2006.

DATING OF THE WEIGHT

Curatorial Section

GREEK

Time frame

FROM 1800 TO 1990

Comments on Chronology

CPAI III/1 : Fifth/fourth-century BC (fake ?).

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	Jan. 1, 2006	PMA 1653

Bibliography

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI III/1	None	083	23	None

VARIA

Additional comment

CPAI III/1 : Athens or imitative Athens.
Cfr. Pernice 1894, p. 81, no. 1; Lang and Crosby 1964, p. 6, footnote 12.
Probably a fake weight.

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1873

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