Lysimachia

1/4 Mina

Lead

Cast

Square

3.60 cm

3.80 cm

0.80 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
121.36	-	-	Tekin 2014b	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Lion	Relief	RIGHT	Leaping		Protome

Tekin 2014b: It is square in form, of lead, measuring 36 x 38 x 8 mm and weighing 121.36 g. On the face, there is a lion protome to right. The bottom is blank and partly crushed. On the corners, beginning from top left, there are the letters of Λ – Υ – Σ – Ι, i.e. the abbreviation of the ethnic Λυσιμαχέων. Below, between sigma and iota, there is a T, which stands for a tetarton, i.e. quarter-mna (mna of 485.44 g). Lysimachean mna should be about 500 g during the 3rd century BC.
Tekin 2018: Square lead weight. On the obverse there is a lion protome jumping right, in relief. On the corners, from top left, Λ-Υ-Σ-Ι. Below the belly of the lion is a Τ which stands for tetarton. The reverse is blank.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Denomination, Mint

Λ      Υ

Σ  Τ  Ι

Λ–υ|σ–ι(μαχέων) τ(έταρτον).

GREEK

FROM -309 TO -144

Tekin 2014b: The weight may be dated to from the late fourth to the mid-second century BC.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Çanakkale Archaeological Museum	Dec. 31, 1972	3076

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2014b	376, 378	5	fig. 5	None
Tekin 2016a	60–65, 181–184	29	pl. 10/70	None
Tekin 2018a	112	58	fig.	None
Tekin 2021	117–119	None	fig. 11	None