Attalos, f. Attalos, paraphylax (West Asian mint)

West Asian mint

1/2 Libra = 1/2 Litra

Lead

Cast

Square

5.60 cm

5.20 cm

0.90 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Tekin 2024: Hemilitron. Pb 155.12 g, 52x56x9 mm. Inv. no. 17.37.86. Find place: Torbalı-Metropolis. Acquired in 1986. Lead weight, square in form with raised and beveled edges. On the obverse, ΗΜΙ / ΛΕΙ in relief in two lines. It is a hemilitron in unit (libra of 310.24 g of ca. 11 unciae). On the reverse, in relief and in four lines, but the last line is illegible: [Α]ΤΤΑΛΟ[Υ] / ΤΟΥ ΑΤ[Τ] / ΑΛΟΥΠ[A]/ [P]AΦΥΛ[ΑΚΟC]. [Ἀ]ττάλο[υ] τοῦ Ἀτ[τ]άλου π[αρ]αφύλακος. The name Attalos is attested in the inscriptions from Ephesus. It may be dated to the 1st - 3rd centuries AD.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Authority, Denomination

ΗΜΙ
ΛΕΙ

. ΤΤΑΛΟ .
ΤΟΥΑΤ .
ΑΛΟΥΠ .
. ΑΦΥΛ 

Ἡμί|λει(τρον). || [Ἀ]ττάλο[υ] | τοῦ Ἀτ[τ]|άλου π[α|ρ]αφύλ[α|κος].

GREEK , ROMAN

FROM 1 TO 300

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Ephesus Museum	Dec. 31, 1986	17.37.86

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2024d	165–167	137	fig. 137	None