Aigai? (Alexander the Great), gold, staters (Athena/standing Nike) (330-318 BCE)
From SILVER
330 BCE - 318 BCE Gold 15,669 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena right, hair in four tight corkscrew curls, upswept at temple, and flowing over left shoulder, wearing pendant earring, double-necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long divergent crest ends, bowl decorated with coiled serpent right |
| Reverse: | AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis. Control: spearhead in left field. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aigai | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 330 BCE | to | 318 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Gold
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Median weight in grams | 8.60 | Denomination: | stater
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Standard: | Attic |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Newell - Noe 1950 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMH, n° 166, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Price 1991, n° 192-193 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 22.22 | 14, 17 |
| 2 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 44.44 | 7, 16 |
| 3 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 33.33 | 2 |
| Total | 5 of 5 | 100 | 9 of 9 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 9 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.8 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.8 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 40 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.11 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 182,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 11.25 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 77.78% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,975.85 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 15,669 kg <br /> 15,669 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,939.63 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Newell, Edward T. - Noe, Sydney P. (1950), The Alexander Coinage of Sicyon, American Numismatic Society. Numismatic Studies 6, New York.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
