Amastris, silver, staters (Men/Aphrodite) (300-285 BCE)
From SILVER
300 BCE - 285 BCE Silver 1,508 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Mên to right, wearing Phrygian cap adorned with laurel wreath, bow-in-bowcase behind |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΜΑΣΤΡΙΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ (Greek).Aphrodite (Anahita) veiled and seated to left on throne against which leans a sceptre, Eros stands on her outstretched right hand, holding up wreath to bust of radiate Helios facing |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Amastris | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Paphlagonia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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: | Amastris (Persian princess, wife of Craterus, Dionysius and Lysimachus, c. 330-284 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 300 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 285 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 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 | 9.40 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | stater
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StandardStandard.: | Attic |
Image
RQEM ad. 266 - Amastris, silver, stater, 300-285 BC.jpg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Callataÿ 2004b1Callataÿ 2004b, p. 66-67, n° 1-19. | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HGC 72HGC 7, n° 353 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ | Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | % (n) | Die nameName(s) of the die(s). |
| 1 | 2 | 28.57 | 2 | 6.67 | |
| 3 | 1 | 14.29 | 3 | 10 | |
| 5 | 1 | 14.29 | 5 | 16.67 | |
| 6 | 2 | 28.57 | 12 | 40 | |
| 8 | 1 | 14.29 | 8 | 26.67 | |
| Total | 7 of 7 | 100.01 | 30 of 30 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 8 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 30 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 4.29 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 3.75 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.14 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 28.57 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 8.02 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 160,400 |
| 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) | 9.13 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00019 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 93.33% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 7,481.3 |
| 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 | 1,508 kg <br /> 1,508 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 18,703.24 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2004), "Le premier monnayage de la cité d'Amastris (Paphlagonie)", Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau, 83, p. 57-80, pl. 9-11.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
