Alexandria Troas

1 Mina , 1/2 Mina

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Rectangle

7.20 cm

6.90 cm

1.20 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
381.50	-	-	Tekin 2013c	No	No	Yes
381.30	-	April 23, 2018	L. Delanaye	No	No	No

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Horse	Relief	LEFT	Grazing
Bunch of grapes	Relief
Circle	Relief

Little to no wear

Little to no corrosion

Rectangular lead weight measuring 72x69x7 mm and weighing 381,3 grammes ; slightly rounded corners ; little worn and little corroded. On the obverse, letters ΑΛΕ ; bunch of grapes and a horse ; little circular mark under the belly's horse. Lengthwise traced line under the horse. All in relief. The reverse is flat and blank. Height without relief: 0,7 cm.
Tekin 2013c: This is a rectangular bronze weight measuring 76x69x5 mm and weighing 381.5 g. It is good in condition and exact. On the obverse is a grazing horse standing to left on a ground line; above, ΑΛΕ(ξανδρέων) on the top left corner is a bunch of grapes; below the belly of horse is a circular mark. This mark was discussed by Weiss in his article [Weiss 2008, p. 721]. The reverse of the weight is blank. It is hard to know the original mass of the Alexandrian mna since the masses vary from c. 380 g to c. 430 g (except the one which weighs 622 g : Weiss 2008, p. 719, n. 1). But the mass of the present weight corresponds to a mna (μνᾶ). There are two tetartons which weigh 99.78 g and 99.6 g, respectively [Weiss 2008, p. 720, D–E] and one tetarton of 99.6 g which all gives a mass for mna of c. 399 g. This figure corresponds to the mass of the present weight (i.e. 381.5 g).
Weiß 1990: Quadratisches Gewicht mit Pferd nach links, darüber ΑΛΕ, 1. davor Traube. Die Bodenlinie bildet den unteren Abschluß des Gewichts. Numism. Mus. Athen, Slg. Mordtmann. L. Robert, Monnaies antiques en Troade (1966) 51 f. mit Taf. IV 1 (nach Abguß, der offenbar beschädigt ist). Ohne Gewichtsangabe; 7,5 × 8 cm. Robert deutete wegen der Darstellung der Traube auch das “T” von (b) als Traube. Zum weidenden Pferd als dem Parasemon der Stadt ebd. (“le type du sceau de la ville”).
Weiß 2008: Unbekannte größere Einheit, Gewicht und Material nicht angegeben; nach den Maßen wohl eine Mna (s. 1); 7,5 × 8 cm. Grasendes Pferd nach 1. auf einer doppelten Bodenlinie, darüber mittig ΑΛΕ, links oben Traube, zwischen den Beinen kleiner Kreis oder Buchstabe Ο. Numismatisches Museum Athen (Slg. Mordtmann; s. Anm. 45). Robert 59 f. (ohne genaue Angaben), mit dem Photo eines Abgusses Pl. IV 1 (hier auf Taf. 87 Alexandreia Troas B wiederholt). Der Abguss ist an den vier Ecken offenbar beschädigt und seitlich sind wohl Gussränder stehen geblieben. – [Weiß 1990] 138, 3 d.

Yes

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Mint

Ἀλε(ξανδρέων).

GREEK

FROM -301 TO -12

Tekin 2013c: The weight date from the Hellenistic period or a little later (c. 300-12 BC).

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Numismatic Museum (Athens)	None	SM 25
Mordtmann Collection	None	25

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Varoucha-Christodoulopoulou 1962	429	17	None	None
Robert 1966	51–52	None	pl. IV/1	Tekin 2013c: Not an original photo but a cast (moulage).
Weiß 1990	138	Appendix, 3d	None	None
IK Alexandreia Troas	172	193	None	None
Weiß 2008	718–723	4.B	pl. 87 / Alexandria Troas B	Tekin 2013c: Not an original photo but a cast (moulage).
Tekin 2013c	292–293, 298	None	fig. 1	None
Tekin 2016a	93–97, 196–197	3	pl. 22/171	None
Killen 2017a	215	AlexTr b 4	None	None

Tekin 2013c : This weight was first mentioned by Varoucha-Christodoulopoulou among the other weights acquired by the Athens Numismatic Museum [Varoucha-Christodoulopoulou 1962, p. 429, n. 17]. Then L. Robert gave a short description of it with a photo in his work [Robert 1966, p. 51]. But, the photo in Robert’s article is misleading since all corners of the weight are missing; in fact it was not an original photo but a cast (moulage). The same photo was used by Weiss [Weiss 2008, pl. 87, B]. All three authors (Varoucha-Christodoulopoulou, Robert and Weiss) didn’t mention of its mass and material.