Aradus (Alexander the Great), gold, staters (Athena/Nike) (332-320 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9217

332 BCE - 320 BCE Gold 23,489 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent.
Reverse:	(BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Nike standing front, head to left, with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left, to lower right, wreath.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aradus

Ancient region:

Phoenicia

Modern country: Syria

Authority:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

From

332 BCE

to

320 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Gold

Median weight in grams

8.56

Denomination:

stater

Standard:

Attic

Image

]]S36 aradus alexander staters.jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Duyrat 2005, p. 15, n° 52-63 (Group III, Series 3 et Group IV, Series 1), p. 17, n° 137-164 (Group IV, Series 2-3) et p. 24-25, n° 539-549 (Group IV, Series 11)
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 10, n° 58
Coin series web reference:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3306 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3313 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3314 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3315 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3331

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	3	25	3	5.77	2, 4, 5
2	1	8.33	2	3.85	6
3	1	8.33	3	5.77	12
4	3	25	12	23.08	3, 10, 11
5	1	8.33	5	9.62	1
8	1	8.33	8	15.38	8
9	1	8.33	9	17.31	9
10	1	8.33	10	19.23	7
Total	12 of 12	99.98	52 of 52	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	12	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	3
Number of reverse dies (r)	21	Number of coins (n)	52
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4.33	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.48
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.75	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	25 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	13.72	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	274,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	15.6	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00019
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	94.23%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	7,580.17
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	23,489 kg <br /> 23,489 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	18,950.44

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