1/5 Mina

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Square

2.80 cm

2.60 cm

1.90 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
104.00	-	-	Robinson 1941	No	No	Yes
104.20	-	April 19, 2018	L. Delanaye	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche

Little to no wear

Corroded

Square/Rectangular bronze weight measuring 27x26x19 mm and weighing 104,2 grammes ; little worn and corroded ; angles cut. On the obverse, incised ΠE. The reverse is blank and quite flat (light bump on the middle).
Robinson 1941: Inv. 31.30. Bronze weight. Ht. 0.025 m., W. 0.028 m., Th. 0.019 m., Weight 104 grammes. Approximately rectangular but the angles and planes are carelessly cut. On the obverse, well and deeply incised, are the letters ΠE, 0.014 m. to 0.016 m. high. I know of only one parallel and that is from Athens, in the British Museum, and weighs the same, 104.14 grammes. There the inscription is ΠM, interpreted as π[εμπτημόριον] μ[νᾶς]. So perhaps ΠE stands for πε(μπτημόριον) even though that would indicate a mina of 520 grammes instead of 420. It can hardly stand for πεντήκοντα, as fifty drachmas would mean that the mina had 200 instead of 100 drachmas.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Incised

GREEK

Robinson 1941: Fifth or early fourth century B. C.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Numismatic Museum (Athens) - Olynthos	None	31.30/ R_2401

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Robinson 1941	457–458	2401	CXLII	None
Tekin 2016a	53	None	None	None