Alexandria Troas

1/8 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

3.20 cm

3.20 cm

0.70 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
65.14	-	-	Tekin 2013c	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Horse	Relief	RIGHT	Grazing
Circle	Relief

Worn

Tekin 2013c: This is a lead square weight with rounded corners. It measures 32x32x7 mm and weighs 65.14 g and it is worn. There is a grazing horse to right on the obverse; above, ΑΛΕ(ξανδρέων); below the ground line, no unit mark or illegible. Below the belly of the horse is an obscure symbol (dot?). The reverse is blank. Its mass corresponds to a hektemorion (ἑκτημόριον), i.e. one-sixth of a mna (mna of 390.84 g).

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint

Ἀλε(ξανδρέων) | ὄ̣(γδοον).

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
Kürkman Collection	None	27

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2013c	293, 298	None	fig. 3	None
Tekin 2016a	93–97, 196–197	12	None	None