The common thureos in the Hellenistic period is not particularly heavy at all, unless you're talking about the really big ones (as big or bigger than the Roman scutum). But most thureophoroi were handling a pretty light shield.
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I think that's likely right. I wish we had more archaeological remains for the thureos, rather than being broadly stuck with representational evidence. My big question: were they metal rimmed, or rimmed in leather? Both methods occur in similar shields.
Polybius says scuta were metal rimmed. Unclear with Gallic shields were. Looking at early medieval round-shields, metal rims are rare. More often leather bindings are used on the rims. Wide rims on art for the thureos suggests leather to me, but who knows?
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There are metal rims for Balkan Celtic shields, also thureoi of course. But I've never seen anything that made me think Hellenistic ones were metal rimmed.
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Oh, I'd be interested in bibliography on that if you have it! Given my scope, I couldn't be as complete in some areas as others, and the Balkan evidence didn't get as much love and attention as it deserved.
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