Amisus (Lucullus), silver, drachms (Perseus/Aegis) (72-69 BCE)
From SILVER
72 BCE - 69 BCE Silver 34,824 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Perseus right, harpa over shoulder |
| Reverse: | Aegis with facing gorgoneion at center, monogram to right |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Amisus | Ancient region: | Pontus | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Lucullus, Pontic kingdom, Roman Republic |
Chronology
| From | 72 BCE | to | 69 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 3.70 | Denomination: | drachma
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Standard: |
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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.]]1Callataÿ 2024 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 7, n° 235 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 8 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 8 | Number of coins (n) | 8 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 100 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 470.59 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 9,411,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00000 | |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 0% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 34 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 34,824 kg <br /> 34,824 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 85 |
Remarks
Likely military
References
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2024), “Un étrange monnayage d’argent émis à Amisos à l’époque de Mithridate Eupator par … Lucullus autocrator ?”, in P. Cattelain, Chr. Lauwers and E. Warmenbol (eds.), Money. It’s a hit. Mélanges sonnants et trébuchants offerts à Jean-Marc Doyen, Treignes, Ed. du Cedarc, 2024, p. 153-158.
- ^ 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.
