Publius A[elius?] Marcellus, agoranomos (Ephesos)

Ephesos

1 Uncia

Lead

Cast

Rectangle

3.50 cm

2.90 cm

0.50 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
27.00	-	-	CPAI III/1	No	No	No
27.01	-	-	Öztürk and Güler 2023	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Star	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck
Stag / Doe	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck	LEFT

Worn

Corroded

CPAI III/1: Rectangular in form with bevelled edges and tab; worn and corroded. On the obverse, A in relief which refers to one. On the tab, stamp with stag and star to right and [ΜΑΡ] ΚΕΛΛΟΥ ΑΓ ΠΑ. Stag may refer that the weight belongs to Ephesus. On the reverse, ΠΑ. It is a one-uncia in unit.
Weiß 2017: Eine Unze von 27,00 g; 34 × 29 × 0,5 cm. Auf der Unterseite Teile des Namens des Agoranomos. Den Hirsch umgibt auf einem Siegel der Name des Agoranomen, wie bei einer Münzlegende: Π. Α[ἰλ(ίου)? Μαρ]κέλλου ἀγ(ορανόμου); ein Stern neben dem Tier signalisiert das astrale Wesen der Artemis (Abb. 1.3).
Öztürk and Güler 2023: Description: Rectangular in form with raised and beveled edges and a broken tab; worn and corroded. (A): Letter ‘A’ as a unit mark rotated 90° counterclockwise overstruck with a circular stamp. (B): Inscription in two lines. (Stamp): A stag at the center and a star to the right surrounded with an inscription. Inscription technique: Relief; Material: Lead. Inv. No: PMA 3839; Date of Acquisition: 2007; Findspot: Unknown. City: Ephesos; Region: Ionia. Dimensions: 29 × 35 × 5 mm; LH: (A): ca. 10 mm; (B): 10 mm; (Stamp): 3 mm. Weight: 27.01 g; 27.00 g [CPAI III 1]. Metrology: One-Uncia. Edition: CPAI III 1, cat. no. 509. Date: After 117 CE or IIIrd century CE. The stag as a parasemon on the stamp suggests that the balance weight was minted in Ephesos6. The inscription surrounding the stag in one row is fragmentary. In light of the ‘ΠΑ’ in line 1 on side B, ‘ΠΑ’ on the left of the parasemon should be the beginning of the personal name and the abbreviation of the praenomen ‘Publius’ and the nomen gentile ‘Aelius’. The fragmentary part of the cognomen is ‘[- - -]KEΛΛOΥ’ which can be solved as Marcellus in the genitive. The title ‘agoranomos’ following the personal name was abbreviated with ‘AΓ’. Publius Aelius Marcellus, who has been documented for the first time, served as an agoranomos in Ephesos. Although Marcellus is a common cognomen found frequently throughout the Roman Empire and Asia Minor, the nomen gentile Aelius was granted to his parents, probably during or after the reign of emperor Hadrianus. Therefore, this one-uncia weight should have been minted after 117 CE and a relative chronology between from the first quarter of the IInd-IIIrd centuries CE can be given.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Stamped / Countermarked / Struck	Authority
Greek	Relief	Authority, Denomination

A

ΠΑ
Ι Ι Ι

Countermark: ΠΑ [ΜΑΡ]ΚΕΛΛΟΥ ΑΓ

Öztürk and Güler 2023:

(A)
Α

(B)

ΠΑ[---]
[---].Λ̣Λ̣[---]

(Stamp)
ΠΑ[---]Κ󰀱󰀱ΛΛΟVAΓ

α´ || Π(οπλίου) Α[ἰλ(ίου)? Μαρκέλλου ἀγ(ορανόμου)].
Countermark: Π(οπλίου) Α[ἰλ(ίου)? Μαρ]κέλλου ἀγ(ορανόμου).
Öztürk and Güler 2023:
(Oὐνκία) αʹ || Π(ουβλίου) Α[ἰλίου] | [Μαρκ]έ̣λ̣λ̣[ου ἀγορανόμου] || {Stamp}: Π(ουβλίου) Α[ἰλίου Μαρ]κέλλου ἀγ(ορανόμου).

GREEK , ROMAN

FROM 100 TO 300

CPAI III/1: Roman Imperial Period.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	Dec. 31, 2007	PMA 3839

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI III/1	None	509	pl. 123	None
Weiß 2017a	314–315, n. 24	None	fig. 1.3	(attribution to Ephesos)
Öztürk and Güler 2023	102-103	1	None	None

CPAI III/1: Eastern Mediterranean/Aegean.