North Syrian mint

1 Mina

Lead

Cast

Rectangle

9.70 cm

- cm

- cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
502.28	-	-	Auction Roma Numismatics 2018	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
Elephant

Auction Roma: Seleukid Empire, Rectangular PB Mina Weight. Antioch(?), 2nd century BC. Indian elephant advancing right, Ρ beneath; all within ornate border / Blank. For similar weight type with elephant cf. J. Forien de Rochesnard, Album des poids antiques 2, La Grèce Antique, p. 57; for weight standard cf. idem, p. 58. 502.28g, 97mm. Very Fine.
The letter Ρ can be read between the legs; on the upper left, there is probably another letter (maybe Κ? or Ι, Ϙ?), as well as on the upper right (maybe Ε? or Γ, Ϛ?)

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
		Date

κ̣? – ε̣? | ρ´

GREEK

FROM -250 TO -1

Auction Roma: 2nd century BCE. If κ̣ – ε̣ | ρ´ can be read as a date, Seleucid Era 125 = 188/187 BCE

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Antiquities Trade	June 5, 2018	None

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Auction Roma 2018b	None	341	None	None