Aulus Cornelius Flaccus (West Asian mint)

West Asian mint

1 Libra = 1 Litra

Lead

Cast

Square

6.70 cm

7.20 cm

1.00 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Herringbone pattern	Relief

Tekin 2024: One-Libra. Pb 315.5 g, 67x72x10 mm. Inv. no. 680. Find place: uncertain. Acquired in 1950s. Lead weight, square in shape with raised and beveled edges, decorated with a herringbone pattern but most of them are faint; handle is missing. Unpublished. On the obverse, ΛΕΙ / ΤΡΑ in two lines, in relief. On the reverse, inscription in relief, in four lines: ΑΥΛΟΥ / ΚΟΡΝΗ / ΛΙΟΥ / ΦΛΑΚΚΟΥ. Αὔλου Κορνηλίου Φλάκκου. It gives the name of a certain Aulus Cornelius Flaccus who was responsible for the issuing of the weight. It is a italic libra of ca.12 unciae. It may be dated to the 1st century AD.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Authority, Denomination

ΛΕΙ
ΤΡΑ

ΑΥΛΟΥ
ΚΟΡΝΗ
Λ  Ι  Ο  Υ
ΦΛΑΚΚΟΥ

Λείτ|ρα. || Αὔλου | Κορνη|λίου | Φλάκκου.

GREEK , ROMAN

FROM 1 TO 300

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Ephesus Museum	Dec. 31, 1959	680

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2024d	162–163	129	fig. 129	None