AC 169 - Aigai (Archelaus), silver, staters (413-399 BCE)
From SILVER
413 BCE - 399 BCE Silver 2,927 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Horseman, wearing petasos and holding two spears in right hand, on horse rearing left. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AP-XE-ΛAO (Greek).Forepart of goat right, head left, AP-XE-ΛAO around, all in linear square within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Aigai | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: | Archelaus I of Macedon (Argead king, 413-399 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 413 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 399 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 10.50 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | stater
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StandardStandard.: |
Image
AC169 Archelaos.jpeg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Westermark 19931Westermark 1993 | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 794, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 169 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 10 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 11 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 25 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 2.5 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 2.27 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.1 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 13.94 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 278,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ᵖ (O) | 16.67 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00009 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 80% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 3,586.8 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ᵖ | 2,927 kg <br /> 2,927 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 8,967 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Westermark, Ulla (1993), "The staters of Archelaus. A die study", in M. Price, A. Burnett et R. Bland (éd.), Essays in Honour of Robert Carson and Kenneth Jenkins, Londres, p. 17-30, pl. III-VIII.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
