Berytos

1/4 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

4.00 cm

4.00 cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
107.00	-	-	Seyrig Archives (HS 332, no. 15)	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Sawaya 2023: Square lead cast weight. Dimensions: 40 mm. Mass: 107 g. Preservation: good. Seyrig’s archives: files HS 150-II and HS 332, no. 15. Denomination: quarter monetary mina. Obverse: BH, ‘Of the Berytians’. Reverse: blank. Findspot: unknown. Acquisition: Musée national de Beyrouth, presently lost. Photographic credits: obverse by Henri Seyrig (files HS 332, Béryte 15 and HS 337-II).
Seyrig Archives (HS 332, no. 15): Poids carré. 40 mm. Aucune bordure. Poids: 107 g. Βη(ρυτίων). Revers lisse. Musée de Beyrouth.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Mint

Βη(ρυτίων).

GREEK

FROM -100 TO -1

Sawaya 2023: The initials BH recall a period during which the dynastic Seleucid name was abandoned by the city. The comparison with the local civic coinage allows to insert this phase after 97/96 all through the first century until 29/28. As it is undated, no. 21 can be assigned to 84/83-82/81, after no. 20 (85/84) and before the autonomy.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
National Museum of Beirut	None	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Seyrig (archives)	None	HS 332; HS 337 II	None	None
Sawaya 2023	93–94, 112	21	fig. 21	None

Pictures are available in Seyrig Archives (HS 337 II).