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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 5132175, member: 75525&quot;][ATTACH=full]1204176[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1204177[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>One quarter Mina (Tetarton) scale weight, Levantine region of Northern Syria, circa 250 – 100 BC.</p><p>Obv – Seleukid anchor, note that folks who publish this type of anchor weight do not know which way is up. Some post it up, some down and a few post it both ways!</p><p>Rev – square lattice work with horizontal lines. Note I see more lattice work with lines on a 45 degree angle.</p><p>VF</p><p>Lead, cast</p><p>51 X 53 mm</p><p>114 grams, I am not sure what one Mina weighs, but Pondera has many 1 mina weights in the 440 to 470 gram range. The median is about 450.</p><p>Pondera 13355, this weight!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anchors are on many ancient coins as features or counter stamps. I have a few and others here have many more.</p><p>[ATTACH]1204180[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1204181[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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