1/8 Mina

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Square

3.50 cm

3.50 cm

0.90 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
61.25	-	-	CPAI III/1	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Athena / Minerva	Relief	LEFT			Head
Helmet	Relief	LEFT

CPAI III/1: Square in form with concave edges; pierced. On the obverse, head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet, in relief. On the reverse, inscription in two lines: ΠΟΛΙ / ΑΔΟΣ which refers to Athena Polias (Protectress of the city) but on the weight it reads in genitive form, i.e. Poliados. Athena Polias was not worshipped only in Athens; cult of Athena Polias was worshipped in many Greek cities as the protectress of their cities. Its mass corresponds to an ogdoon, i.e. one-eighth of a mna (mna of 490 g); there is a trace of an O for the initial of ogdoon surrounding the hole at the lower right corner.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Dedication

Πολι|άδος

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -1

CPAI III/1: Hellenistic.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	Dec. 31, 2007	PMA 2597

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI III/1	None	376	pl. 90	None

CPAI III/1: Eastern Mediterranean/Aegean.