Corpus - Seleucid Weights

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Description

Based on the model of Seleucid Coins: A Comprehensive Catalogue (2002–2008) and Seleucid Coins Online (https://numismatics.org/sco/), this corpus includes the weights produced in cities under Seleucid rule between 312 and 63 BCE.


Artifacts list
Denomination Findspot Mint Material Reference weight Collections Curatorial Section Time Frame
1/3 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 168.20 g Unidentified Private Collections - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -160
TO -156
1 Drachma - North Syrian mint Lead 4.27 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -1
1 Drachma - North Syrian mint Lead 3.85 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -1
8 Drachmas - North Syrian mint Lead 25.14 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -1
1/4 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 109.60 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -100
1 Drachma - North Syrian mint Lead 3.41 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -400
TO -1
1 Mina - Antioch Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 501.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -100
1/2 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 218.10 g Eskinazi Collection - ref: 727
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -1
2 Drachmas - North Syrian mint Lead 7.94 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -400
TO -100
1/4 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 124.69 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -1
1/8 Mina - Antioch Lead 83.04 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -150
TO -1
1/8 Mina - Antioch Lead 68.86 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -100
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 180.40 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -150
TO -1
2 Drachmas - North Syrian mint Lead 8.60 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -400
TO -100
4 Drachmas - North Syrian mint Lead Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
ROMAN
FROM -100
TO 300
1/4 Mina - Antioch Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 120.02 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -174
TO -168
- Laodicea ad Mare Lead 32.11 g Museum of Fine Arts (Lyon) - ref: E.262 (?)
Morin-Pons Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -1
- North Syrian mint Lead 56.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -1
- North Syrian mint Lead 121.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -1
- North Syrian mint Lead 115.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -1
1/8 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 58.94 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -122
TO -121
1 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 475.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -1
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 184.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -150
TO -1
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 686.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -113
TO -96
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 422.94 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -1
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 733.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -121
TO -96
100 Drachmas,
1 Mina
- North Syrian mint Lead 437.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -1
1/8 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 88.15 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -200
TO -1
1/2 Mina - Antioch Lead 354.50 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -82
TO -81
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 665.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -150
TO -63
1/4 Mina - Antioch Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 131.01 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -100
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 171.72 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -125
TO -64
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 575.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -121
TO -97
1/4 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 114.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/4 Mina - Antioch Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 113.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -100
1 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 564.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/2 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 228.47 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -100
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 169.39 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -150
TO -1
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 127.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -150
TO -122
1/2 Mina - Antioch Lead 343.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -79
TO -78
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 668.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -74
TO -73
1/8 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 66.40 g Numismatic Museum (Athens) - ref: (without inv.no.)
GREEK
FROM -136
TO -135
1/8 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 56.00 g GREEK
FROM -180
TO -179
1/2 Mina - Laodicea ad Mare Lead 470.00 g GREEK
FROM -190
TO -186
1/4 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead GREEK
FROM -190
TO -189
1/4 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 142.00 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/8 Mina - Antioch Lead 57.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -212
TO -203
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 115.00 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -100
1 Mina - Laodicea ad Mare Lead 562.00 g National Museum of Damascus - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -119
TO -118
1/8 Mina - Laodicea ad Mare Lead 67.00 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -128
TO -127
1 Mina - Laodicea ad Mare Lead 531.00 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -147
TO -146
1/2 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 269.00 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -152
TO -151
1/2 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 267.00 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 485.00 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -171
TO -170
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 122.00 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -217
TO -216
1/4 Mina - Antioch None 117.00 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -281
TO -64
1 Mina - Laodicea ad Mare Lead 546.30 g,
546.00 g,
547.00 g
National Library of France (Paris) - ref: 1971-482
Seyrig Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -129
TO -128
2 Minas - North Syrian mint Lead 1730.60 g,
1730.00 g
National Library of France (Paris) - ref: 1974-1090
Abdelnour Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/4 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 98.50 g,
94.00 g
National Library of France (Paris) - ref: Bronze 2264d (ex Z.732)
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 653.20 g National Library of France (Paris) - ref: 1989-268
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/8 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 64.50 g,
68.00 g,
67.00 g
National Library of France (Paris) - ref: Raoul Curiel = 1971-480?
GREEK
FROM -152
TO -151
1/16 Mina - Laodicea ad Mare Lead 75.30 g Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 2017-053
GREEK
FROM -102
TO -64
1/4 Mina - Laodicea ad Mare Lead 136.80 g Pierides Museum (Larnaca) - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -206
TO -115
1/2 Mina - Laodicea ad Mare Lead 279.05 g,
279.00 g
Antiquities Trade - ref: None
Weber Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -145
TO -144
1 Mina - Laodicea ad Mare Lead 641.00 g,
643.00 g,
643.90 g,
643.00 g
National Library of France (Paris) - ref: Bronze 2256 (ex reg. F 1825)
Waddington Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1/4 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 217.20 g Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 2017-070
GREEK
FROM -173
TO -172
1/8 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 66.00 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -159
TO -158
1/4 Mina - Laodicea ad Mare Lead 133.20 g,
133.00 g
Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 2017-097
GREEK
FROM -116
TO -115
1/2 Mina Antakya / Antioch [Antiochia ad Orontem / Theoupolis] Antioch Lead 258.00 g Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -155
TO -151
126 Drachmas (?),
1 Mina
- North Syrian mint Lead 515.00 g,
509.60 g
National Library of France (Paris) - ref: Bronze 2261a (ex M 4989)
Hambar Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -187
TO -186
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 519.00 g,
516.00 g,
519.00 g
National Library of France (Paris) - ref: Bronze 2245 (ex Luynes 805?)
Luynes Collection - ref: 805? (inv. 2)
GREEK
FROM -174
TO -168
1/8 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 60.00 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
Karam Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -160
TO -159
1/2 Mina - Laodicea ad Mare Lead 275.60 g,
276.00 g
National Library of France (Paris) - ref: 1972-996
GREEK
FROM -150
TO -149
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 165.00 g Lassus Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -150
TO -1
1/4 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 168.33 g Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: 8543
GREEK
FROM -150
TO -1
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 171.90 g Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: 8673
GREEK
FROM -150
TO -1
- North Syrian mint Lead 536.30 g Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: 8546
GREEK
FROM -150
TO -1
- North Syrian mint None 261.97 g Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: 592/1a
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/8 Mina - Antioch Lead 74.20 g Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -150
TO -1
1/8 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 84.67 g Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: 9510
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 673.00 g Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: 15814
GREEK
FROM -91
TO -90
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 72.00 g,
57.00 g,
71.50 g
National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: 8450
GREEK
FROM -167
TO -166
1/4 Mina Latakia [Laodicea ad Mare] Seleucia Pieria Lead 126.00 g Unidentified Private Collections - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -158
TO -157
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 180.65 g Khoury Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -150
TO -1
1/2 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 290.60 g Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 2017-021
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 645.00 g,
643.60 g
Warocqué Collection - ref: 396
Royal Museum of Mariemont - ref: B.396
Antiquities Trade - ref: None
Serrure Collection - ref: 113
GREEK
FROM -112
TO -13
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 673.00 g Private Collection, Beirut - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -94
TO -93
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 687.80 g Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 2017-022
GREEK
FROM -83
TO -82
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 710.00 g,
713.00 g,
708.70 g
Eskinazi Collection - ref: 629
GREEK
FROM -82
TO -81
2 Minas - Antioch Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 1032.00 g Hungarian National Museum (Budapest) - ref: HD036011
GREEK
FROM -163
TO -151
- North Syrian mint Lead 209.63 g Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: 8592
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
- North Syrian mint Lead 223.64 g Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: 10690
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
- North Syrian mint Lead Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/8 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 63.00 g,
64.00 g,
64.00 g,
66.00 g,
63.00 g
National Museum of Beirut - ref: 28439
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/8 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 64.00 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/8 Mina - Antioch Lead 64.20 g,
64.00 g
Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 2017-023
GREEK
FROM -167
TO -166
1/8 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 66.00 g Archaeological Museum – American University of Beirut - ref: 4766
Rouvier Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 107.80 g Pierides Museum (Larnaca) - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -213
TO -212
1/4 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 114.30 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
Weber Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 134.20 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: 28441
GREEK
FROM -160
TO -159
1/2 Mina - Antioch Lead 249.90 g Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 2017-024
GREEK
FROM -211
TO -210
1/2 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 261.06 g Berlin Antiquities Collection - ref: Misc. 6494
Lambros Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/2 Mina - Antioch Lead 265.60 g Hendin Collection - ref: 281
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/2 Mina - Antioch Lead 274.40 g,
267.00 g
Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 2017-026
National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -217
TO -216
1 Mina - Antioch Lead St. Anne’s Museum (Jerusalem) - ref: (same object?)
GREEK
FROM -194
TO -193
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 497.00 g,
498.60 g,
498.22 g
Berlin Antiquities Collection - ref: Misc. 6231
Heldreich Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -194
TO -193
1 Mina Antakya / Antioch [Antiochia ad Orontem / Theoupolis] Antioch Lead 657.20 g Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: 8674
GREEK
FROM -121
TO -97
1 Mina Antakya / Antioch [Antiochia ad Orontem / Theoupolis] Antioch Lead 674.00 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: 1808 (ex 1245)
GREEK
FROM -121
TO -97
2 Minas - Antioch Lead 698.00 g National Museum of Beirut - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
2 Minas - Antioch Lead 997.00 g Chandon de Briailles Collection - ref: None
Antiquities Trade - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/8 Mina - Antioch Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 61.40 g Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 2017-009
GREEK
FROM -212
TO -211
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 126.00 g,
128.00 g,
126.40 g
Archaeological Museum – American University of Beirut - ref: 5123
GREEK
FROM -212
TO -211
1/8 Mina - Antioch Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 56.60 g Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 2017-025
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/4 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 118.00 g,
117.05 g
Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: 8589
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/8 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 55.10 g,
55.10 g
National Library of France (Paris) - ref: 1993-731
Private Collection, Near East - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -100
1/8 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 65.00 g British Museum (London) - ref: 1951,0905.1
Voice Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -100
1/4 Mina - Antioch Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 122.00 g,
122.10 g
National Library of France (Paris) - ref: Bronze 2247 (ex 8252)
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -100
1/4 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 109.62 g,
109.39 g,
113.85 g,
114.00 g,
112.81 g,
112.80 g
National Museum of Denmark (Copenhagen) - ref: ABa 57
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -100
1/4 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 117.40 g Museum of Art and Archaeology – University of Missouri (Columbia) - ref: 85.6
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -100
1/4 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 124.00 g,
123.18 g
Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: 8590
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -100
1/2 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 244.00 g,
243.65 g
Hatay Archaeology Museum - ref: 8541
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -100
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 490.00 g National Museum of Damascus - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -159
TO -158
1/8 Mina Antakya / Antioch [Antiochia ad Orontem / Theoupolis] Antioch Lead 77.10 g Princeton University Art Museum - ref: 2004-165
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
Delos North Syrian mint Lead Archaeological Museum of Delos - ref: without inv.no.
GREEK
FROM -400
TO -1
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 695.60 g Antiquities Trade - ref: None
Weber Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1/4 Mina,
1/4 Mina
Saida [Sidon / Col. Aurelia Pia] North Syrian mint Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 123.80 g,
124.41 g
British Museum (London) - ref: 1895,1022.8
Durighello Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -300
TO -100
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 633.00 g British Museum (London) - ref: 1910,0421.1
Young Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -79
TO -78
1/4 Mina - Antioch Lead 109.00 g,
109.00 g,
109.97 g,
109.96 g,
7.12 g
British Museum (London) - ref: 1876,0510.4
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/8 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 67.70 g,
67.65 g
Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 32561 bis b
GREEK
FROM -160
TO -156
1/8 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 66.50 g Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 32561 bis a
GREEK
FROM -160
TO -156
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 760.00 g Rockefeller Museum (Jerusalem) - ref: IAA M-1007
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 843.50 g,
843.23 g
Israel Museum (Jerusalem) - ref: 79.32.99
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 790.00 g Cyprus Museum - ref: None
Jelagdian Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 721.00 g,
752.00 g,
721.10 g
National Library of France (Paris) - ref: Froehner 931
Froehner Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1 Mina Hıdırbey Seleucia Pieria Lead 615.00 g,
690.00 g,
697.00 g,
308.00 g
St. Anne’s Museum (Jerusalem) - ref: PB 0032
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 784.40 g,
794.00 g,
787.50 g
British Museum (London) - ref: 1925,0720.1
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 500.00 g GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 925.00 g Poche Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 840.00 g Poche Collection - ref: None
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 743.00 g,
743.60 g
Museum Biblicum of Montserrat - ref: 440.100
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 730.80 g Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 2016-85
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 668.80 g Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 2016-84
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1 Mina - North Syrian mint Lead 533.00 g Art and History Museum (Geneva) - ref: CdN 2016-78
GREEK
1/8 Mina - Laodicea ad Mare Lead 149.40 g National Museum in Warsaw - ref: 239155
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 885.00 g Bürki Collection - ref: None
Fleischman Collection - ref: F250
Getty Museum – Getty Villa (Malibu) - ref: 96.AI.198
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1/4 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 109.81 g Fleischman Collection - ref: F236
Getty Museum – Getty Villa (Malibu) - ref: 96.AC.144
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1/4 Mina Adana / Antiochia ad Sarum Seleucia Pieria Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 128.00 g Fleischman Collection - ref: F166
Getty Museum – Getty Villa (Malibu) - ref: 96.AC.143
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -100
1 Mina - Antioch Lead 520.00 g Fleischman Collection - ref: F269
Getty Museum – Getty Villa (Malibu) - ref: 96.AI.146
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -1
1 Mina Adana / Antiochia ad Sarum Seleucia Pieria Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 534.50 g Fleischman Collection - ref: F120
Getty Museum – Getty Villa (Malibu) - ref: 96.AC.142
GREEK
FROM -250
TO -100
1/2 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead 232.30 g Fleischman Collection - ref: F294
Getty Museum – Getty Villa (Malibu) - ref: 96.AI.145
GREEK
FROM -151
TO -150
1 Mina - Seleucia Pieria Lead Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) - ref: 01.8331
GREEK
FROM -106
TO -105
1/8 Mina - North Syrian mint Copper alloy (bronze or brass) 75.60 g,
75.60 g,
75.56 g
British Museum (London) - ref: 1824,0477.1
Knight Collection - ref:
GREEK
FROM -333
TO -100