Dorotheos, agoranomos

South Syrian or Phoenician mint

1 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

8.50 cm

8.50 cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
692.00	-	-	Auction TimeLine 2025	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Ship / Galley	Relief	RIGHT
Frame	Relief

Auction TimeLine 2025: Phoenician or Levantine Commercial PB Weight of 1 Mna. Time of Alexandros I Balas, 152-145 BC. ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΣ (Dorotheos), agoranomos. Dated SE 162 (151/150 BC). Galley to right with raised prow in volute, two rudders, and row of oars on each side; L BΞP (date) and A-ΓΟ-[PA?] in three lines above; ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΥ (agoranomos) MA (denomination) in two lines below; all within square linear border / Blank. Elayi & Elayi -; Hendin -; De Rochesnard -; CPAI -; Weiß Peter, Jenseits der Agoranomie -; cf. CNG, Auction 114, lot 543 (Berytos mint, 2 Libra Weight). 692gr, 85mm. (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.) Condition as seen. Acquired in the 1996. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Authority, Date, Unidentified

ΒΞΡ

Α̣     Β̣Α̣

ΔΩΡΟΘΕΟΥ

(Ἔτους) βξρ´ | Α̣–Β̣Α̣ | Δωροθέου.
L. 2: Α̣–Β̣Α̣ to be read ἀ̣–γ̣ο̣(ρανομοῦντος)?

GREEK

FROM -151 TO -150

SE 16̣2 (?) = 151/150 BCE (?).

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Antiquities Trade	June 11, 2025	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Auction TimeLine 2025b	None	3540	None	None

For similar weights, see https://pondera.uclouvain.be/artifact/12838/, https://pondera.uclouvain.be/artifact/18947/ (with relevant bibliography)
Mint: Dor? Berytos?