WHW 0001

  • 0001
  • Hellenistic
  • Seleucid
  • Commercial weight
  • Under Seleucos IV
  • Berytos
  • Year 131 S.E.=182/181 BC
  • 1 mina
  • Lead
  • Cast lead
  • Square with circular suspension loop
  • 77mm
  • 96mm
  • 12mm
  • 631.95g
  • Pondera # 13568 (same object) Ziad Sawaya, “The Hellenistic Weights of Berytos-Loadicea of Phoenicia (185/4?-64/3 BC)”, Syria 100, 2023, no. 2 (same object).
  • Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut). Purchased from the S. Moussaieff Collection during the CNG Electronic Auction 476, n. 291(9 September 2020)
  • 2020-09-09
  • Very rare weight. This is the earliest known from Berytos. Cavities at the upper right part of the frame; cut at the lower left angle and on the upper part of the loop. Produced by the agoranomos Mentoros.

Dolphin entwined round vertical trident (in center),

L–A | Λ–Ρ | Μ–ΕΝ | ΤΟ–RΟΣ (in field), ‘Year 131, Mentoros’,

all within a square frame surrounded by a square raised border with egg and dart pattern.

Lattice pattern


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