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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WEIGHT
  • Authority
    Zenobios, agoranomos (Seleucia Pieria)
  • Mint
    Seleucia Pieria
  • Denomination
    1 Mina
  • Material
    Metal: Lead
  • Manufacture
    Cast
  • Shape
    Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)
  • Length
    11.65 cm
  • Width
    11.65 cm
  • Height
    - cm
  • Metrology
    Mass (g) Mass (grain) Date of measurement Reference fragmented cleaned reference weight
    695.60 - - Auction Hirsch 1909 No No Yes
  • Iconography
    Symbol Technique Direction Position Number Synecdoche
    Herm Relief
    Ear of wheat Relief
    Double cornucopia Relief
    Concentric circles Relief
  • Wear
  • Corrosion
  • Handle
    No
    Suspension hole
    No
  • Recarved mould
    No
    Recarved weight
    No
  • Intentionally destroyed
    No
  • Archaeological description
    Auction Hirsch 1909: Scheibenförmiges Bleistück. Oben im Relief bärtige Herme auf bekränztem Sockel, gekreuzte Füllhörner, Aehre; darüber ΕΤΟΥΣΔ | ΔΗΜΟΣΙΑ, darunter ΜΝΑ, auf dem Rande ΖΗΝ ΟΒΙΟΥ * Rv: Dreifacher Kreis um eine Kugel. Fehlt Pernice. Aus Kleinasien. Mm. 116,5. gr. 695,60. Cabinettstück ersten Ranges. Prachtexemplar von grösster Seltenheit.
  • Autopsy
    No
INSCRIPTION
  • Language Technique Legend type
    Greek Relief Authority, Date, Denomination, Mint
  • Fac simile
  • Edition
    Ἔτους δ´ | δημοσία | μνᾶ. || Ζηνοβίου.
  • Monogram
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
  • Findspot (region)
  • Findspot (site)
  • Context
CIRCUMSTANCES OF ACQUISITION
  • Region
  • City
  • Date of first acquisition
  • circumstances
DATING OF THE WEIGHT
  • Curatorial Section
    GREEK
  • Time frame
    FROM -106 TO -105
  • Comments on Chronology
    Year 4 of Seleuceia: 106/105 BCE (Gatier 1991)
COLLECTION HISTORY
  • Collection
    Name Date of acquisition Inventory number
    Antiquities Trade May 10, 1909 None
    Weber Collection None None
  • Bibliography
    Reference Page/Column Reference (number) Plate / Figure Comment
    Auction Hirsch 1909 248 3444 LXIII.3444 None
    Göbl 1978 138 225 21 None
    Gatier 1991 None None None None
    BÉ 2006 727 448 None None
VARIA
  • Additional comment
    = Auction May 10, 1906 (Catalogue, no. 206)? (cf. É Michon, RN 1913, p. 317, n. 5; IGLS III,1 1017k)
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