Athens

1/12 Stater

Lead

Cast

Square

3.00 cm

2.70 cm

0.80 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Half-tortoise

Tekin 2013e: Square lead weight with slightly rounded corners; it measures 30 x 27 x 8 mm and weighing 63.82 g. On the top, half tortoise in relief which is characteristic for one-eighth stater and one-twelfth stater. Its mass corresponds to a hemisyhemitriton, i.e. one-twelfth stater (stater of 765.84 g) or ogdoon, i.e. one-eighth of a mna (mna of 510.56 g) or it is simply a tristateron (stater of 21.27 g). The weights which bear half-tortoise are known from the excavations at Athenian Agora. The bottom is blank.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type

GREEK

Tekin 2013e: May be dated to the Hellenistic Period.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Bursa Archaeological Museum	Dec. 31, 2004	2004/18

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2013e	332;337	12	12	None