AC 213 - Mytilene, electrum, hekte, 454-427 BC

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454 BCE - 427 BCE Electrum 43,210 kg

Description
Obverse: Head of Athena, wearing an attic helmet with crest.
Reverse: Two calf's heads facing each other, all in an incus square.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Mytilene Ancient region: Aeolis (islands) Modern country: Greece Authority:
Chronology
From 454 BCE to 427 BCE Period: Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
Metal: Electrum http://nomisma.org/id/el Median weight in grams 2.50 Denomination: hekte Nomisma.org Standard:
Image
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References
Die study reference: "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Bodenstedt 1981, émissions 35-60.1
Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 6, n° 963, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 213
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Obverse dies distribution
Frequency ᵖ Number of obverses ᵖ (o) % (o) Number of coins (n) % (n) Die name
12 1 1.32 12 3.55 41a
13 1 1.32 13 3.85 56b
14 1 1.32 14 4.14 41b
17 1 1.32 17 5.03 35b
1 14 18.42 14 4.14 37g, 39a, 39c, 39d, 39e, 40b, 40d, 41d, 45a, 48b, 53.2a, 53.2b, 54d, 56c
2 14 18.42 28 8.28 35c, 36b, 40e, 41c, 43b, 45b, 47a, 48a, 49b, 52b, 53.1b, 54e, 55b, 56d
3 11 14.47 33 9.76 36a, 37e, 37f, 41e, 43a, 51b, 56a, 56e, 56f, 57a, 57c
4 7 9.21 28 8.28 37a, 37h, 38a, 40a, 52e, 59a, 59b
5 6 7.89 30 8.88 35a, 37b, 52c, 54g, 58a, 60a
6 8 10.53 48 14.2 37d, 42a, 42b, 46a, 51a, 54c, 55a, 57b
7 3 3.95 21 6.21 39b, 44a, 54a
8 3 3.95 24 7.1 52d, 53.1a, 54b
10 2 2.63 20 5.92 50a, 52a
9 4 5.26 36 10.65 37e, 42c, 49a, 54f
Total 76 of 76 100.01 338 of 338 99.99
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Remarks


References

  1. ^  Bodenstedt, Friedrich (1981), Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene, Tübingen.
  2. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
  3. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.