Unidentified

West Asian mint

1 Libra = 1 Litra

Lead

Cast

Square

8.30 cm

8.30 cm

1.10 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Unidentified	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck

Tekin 2024: One-Libra. Pb 337.3 g, 83x83x11 mm. Inv. no. 2.18.89. Find place: Izmir. Acquired in 1989. Lead weight, square in form with raised and beveled edges, handle at the top with illegible stamp. On the obverse, ΛΕΙ / ΤΡΑ in relief and in two lines. On the reverse, [...] ΦΟ / […] ΠΑΡΑ / ΦΥΛΑ / ΚΩN (παραφυλάκων) in relief and in three lines, surrounded by another illegible inscription [.]ΟΝΩΝΟ[.] which includes the names of the certain magistrates served as paraphylakes. It is a standard italic libra of ca. 12 unciae. It may be dated to the 1st-2nd centuries AD.

No

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

ΛΕΙ
ΤΡΑ

ΟΝΩΝ

ΠΑΡΑ
ΦΥΛΑ
ΚΩΝ

Λείτ|ρα. || [–––]ΟΝΩΝ[–––] | παραφυλάκων.

GREEK , ROMAN

FROM 1 TO 300

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Ephesus Museum	Dec. 31, 1989	2.18.89

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2024d	161	126	fig. 126	None