Alexandria (Ptolemy I), gold, staters (Ptolemy I/quadriga of elephants) (305-294 BCE)
From SILVER
305 BCE - 294 BCE Gold 25,645 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed bust of Ptolemy I r., with aegis around neck. |
| Reverse: | ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ / BAΣIΛEΩΣ (Greek).Quadriga of elephants driven l. by figure of deified Alexander, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, in exergue, monogram |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Alexandria | Ancient region: | Egypt | Modern country: Egypt | Authority: | Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 305 BCE | to | 294 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Gold
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Median weight in grams | 7.10 | Denomination: | stater
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Standard: | Egyptian |
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.]]1Roche-Lévêque 2024, p. 152-153, n° 1-53 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Svoronos 1890, n° 97, 103, 111, 112, 116, 121, 122, 126, 128, 131, 133, 147, 150, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3CPE I, n° 91-105 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 15 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 21 | Number of coins (n) | 53 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.53 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.52 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.4 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 26.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 18.06 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 361,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 20.92 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00015 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.45% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,869.32 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 25,645 kg <br /> 25,645 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 14,673.31 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military
References
- ^ Roche-Lévêque, Augustin (2024), "L'or lagide en transition : les statères au quadrige de Ptolémée Ier Sôter," Bulletin de la Société française de Numismatique, 79 (4), p. 147-155.
- ^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1890), Numismatique de Crète ancienne, accompagnée de l'histoire, la géographie et la mythologie de l'île. Première partie, description des monnaies, 2 vol., Macon, Impr. Protat frères.
- ^ Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.
