Ko[...], paraphylax (West Asian mint) ; Makedon, paraphylax (West Asian mint) ; Marianos, paraphylax (West Asian mint) ; Metrodoros, paraphylax (West Asian mint)

West Asian mint

1 Libra = 1 Litra

Lead

Cast

Square

9.00 cm

10.70 cm

- cm

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

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

Tekin 2024: One-Libra. Pb 295.50 g, 90x100 mm+handle 7 mm. Inv. no. 5.40.93. Find place: Bayındır. Acquired in 1993. Lead weight square in form with raised and beveled edges, handle at the top with illegible circular stamp. Bottom left corner is missing (so, low mass) On the obverse, ΛΕΙ / ΤΡΑ in relief and in two lines. On the reverse, inscription in relief and circular and in six lines: ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΥΚΟ[...] / ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΟC ΜΑΡΙΑΝΟ[.] / ΠΑΡΑ / Φ[.]ΛΑ / Κ[..]. Μητροδώρου Κο[...] Μακεδόνος Μαριανο[ῦ] παραφ[υ]λάκ[ων]. It is a italic libra of ca.11 unciae (one-uncia lower from the standard). It dates to the 1st century AD.

No

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

ΛΕΙ
ΤΡΑ

ΜΗΤΡΟΔΩΡΟΥΚΟ . . . . . . . . ΜΑΚΕΔΟ .
NOΜΑΡΙΑΝΟ . 
ΠΑΡΑ
ΦΥΚΑ
Κ . .

Λείτ|ρα. || Μητροδώρου ΚΟ[– – –] Μακεδό|[ν]ος Μαριανο[ῦ] | παρα|φυλάκ[ων].

GREEK , ROMAN

FROM 1 TO 300

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Ephesus Museum	Dec. 31, 1993	5.40.93

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2024d	164	132	fig. 132	None

Are there four (or five) paraphylakes with a single name, or two paraphylakes with a patronymic?