1/2 Mina

Lead

Cast

Disc or similar (ellipse, etc.)

5.00 cm

5.20 cm

1.10 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
212.00	-	-	Robinson 1941	No	No	Yes
212.20	-	April 20, 2018	L. Delanaye	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Little to no wear

Corroded

Circular lead weight measuring 52x50x11 mm and weighing 212,2 grammes ; little worn and corroded. The obverse is slightly convex, with raised edges and a scratched H in the iddel. The reverse has slightly raised borders and a big bump on the inferior part. The borders are irregular, with strokes and little bumps.
Robinson 1941: Inv. 31.126. Lead weight. Dm. 0.05 m to 0.052 m, Th. 0.011 m. to 0.013 m., Weight 212 grammes. Roughly circular. On the obverse is a concave depression inside border with rounded edges. The reverse is slightly convex, swelling out from a rugged border (0.002 m. to 0.004 m. wide). In the center of the obverse is the letter Η, cut in deep irregular lines, 0.033 m. high. On the reverse is a triangular gouge, 0.011 m. high, 0.009 m. wide at the base. H should stand for ἑκατόν but the weight indicates half a mina, which ought to weigh only 50 drachmae. So Η probably is an abbreviation for ἡμιμναῖον and we have a half-mina here, making a mina standard of 424 grammes. Possibly Η might stand for ἑκτον or ἑκτημόριον, since 212 grammes is about one-sixth of the πέλεκυς or three mina standard as indicated by nos. 2382–2384 [Robinson 1941].

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Incised

Ἡμι(μναῖον)

GREEK

Robinson 1941: Late fifth or fourth century B. C.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Numismatic Museum (Athens) - Olynthos	None	31.126/ R_2391

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Robinson 1941	453–454	2391	CXLI	None

Robinson 1941: Dm. 0.05 m to 0.052 m.