Amphipolis (Alexander the Great), gold, distaters (Athena/Nike) (329-323 BCE)
From SILVER
330 BCE - 320 BCE Gold 80,972 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena to right, wearing triple crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent |
| Reverse: | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Nike standing to left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and stylis over left shoulder, thunderbolt to left |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Amphipolis | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 330 BCE | to | 320 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Gold
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Median weight in grams | 17.25 | Denomination: | distater
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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.]]1Troxell 1997, p. 100 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Price 1991, n° 163, 167, 170-1, 173 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 22 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 141 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 6.41 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 23.47 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 469,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 26.07 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00030 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 12,015.34 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 80,972 kg <br /> 80,972 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 30,038.35 |
Remarks
Most likely two workstations Likely military There are three symbols (trident, cantharus, fulmen) operating together
References
- ^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1997), Studies in the Macedonian Coinage of Alexander the Great, Numismatic Studies 21, New York, 161 p., 31 pl.
- ^ 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.
