Lead

Cast

Square

3.50 cm

3.70 cm

0.80 cm

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

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Caduceus	Relief	RIGHT

Tekin 2014b : This lead weight square in form measures 35 x 37 x 8 mm and weighs 85.5 g. On the face, there is a caduceus and letters Α Σ, all in relief ; the bottom is blank. It may belong to one of the cities in the Troad, Northern Mysia or Thracian Chersonesus assuming that it was found somewhere near to the museum. If a griffin instead of caduceus was depicted with the letters Α Σ, then it would be easy to attribute it to Assus ; but in this case the attribution remains open. Since Hermes (i.e. Agoraios) is the patron god of commerce and traders, he and his symbols are depicted frequently on weights. Its mass corresponds to a hektemorion, i.e. one-sixth of a mna (mna of 513 g).

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Relief	Unidentified

Α Σ

GREEK

FROM -400 TO -1

Tekin 2014b : May be dated to the Hellenistic Period.

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Çanakkale Archaeological Museum	Dec. 31, 1987	5428

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Tekin 2014b	376, 379	6	fig. 6	None

Tekin 2014b: The mint could be Assos. The denomination could be a hektemorion, i.e. one-sixth of a mna (mna of 513 g).