West Asian mint

1 Uncia

Lead

Cast

Square

2.80 cm

3.00 cm

0.60 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
17.10	-	-	CPAI III/1	No	No	No
17.10	-	April 19, 2023	Thomas Leblanc	No	No	Yes
17.11	-	-	Öztürk and Güler 2023	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Worn

CPAI III/1: Square in form; with raised, bevelled edges and tab on the top; worn. On the top, illegible letter or mark; on the tab, stamp with obscure inscription [..]/ΜΕΛΙ./ΝΟ. On the reverse, obscure letters. It may be a one-uncia.
Öztürk and Güler 2023: Description: Square in form with raised and beveled edges and a tab; missing parts on the body; worn and corroded. (A): Letter ‘S’ as a unit mark rotated 180° counterclockwise and a circular stamp. (B): Inscription in three lines. (Stamp): Circular stamp of an inscription in three lines. Inscription technique: Relief; Material: Lead. Inv. No: PMA 4028; Date of Acquisition: 2007; Findspot: Unknown. City: Ephesos (?); Region: Ionia (?). Dimensions: 28.5 × 31 × 6 mm; LH: (A): 11 mm; (B): 6 mm; (Stamp): 3.5 mm. Weight: 17.11 g; 17.10 g [CPAI III 1]. Metrology: Half-Uncia (Heavy). Edition: CPAI III 1, cat. no. 563. Date: 192-211 CE. On this half-uncia balance weight, the stamp on side A complements the inscription on side B, with the abbreviations ‘TI’ and ‘ΦΛ’ in line 1 likely representing ‘Tiberius Flavius’ when completed. The personal name between line 2 and line 3, and the name on the stamp, is the genitive of ‘Meliton’. Therefore, the market official on this weight might be Tiberius Flavius Meliton. ‘Tiberius [Claudius] Meliton’ has already been known from an honorary inscription dated to the reign of emperor Septimius Severus and his sons in Ephesos. This honorary inscription, however, is partly broken, and the editors of this inscription added ‘Claudius’ as the nomen gentile to the broken field10. If the name Tiberius Flavius Meliton on this weight is identical to the person in the honorary inscription, the honorary inscription needs correction. In this case, the full name of the person mentioned in the honorary inscription in Ephesos can be completed as ‘Tiberius Flavius Meliton’.

Yes

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

[...] Υ(?)ΜΚ

ΜΕΛΙ

??ΝΟ

Öztürk and Güler 2023:

(A)
Ṣ

B)
Μ̣[ca. 2]Ị
Τ̣[1]Ν̣Ο̣
󰀺󰀺̣ vacat

(Stamp)
ΤΙ ∙ Φ̣Λ
ΜΕΛIṬ
󰃯󰃯̣ΝΟ̣

Öztürk and Güler 2023:
S(emis) || Μ̣[ελ]ί̣|τ̣[ω]ν̣ο̣ς || {Stamp}: Τι(βερίου) ∙ Φλ(αβίου) | Μ̣ελ̣ί̣|[τ]ω̣ν̣ο̣[ς].

GREEK , ROMAN

FROM 100 TO 300

CPAI III/1: Roman Imperial Period.
Öztürk and Güler 2023: Date: 192-211 CE.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	Dec. 31, 2007	PMA 4028

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
CPAI III/1	None	563	134	None
Öztürk and Güler 2023	107-108	5	None	None

CPAI III/1: Eastern Mediterranean/Aegean.