Callatis (Lysimachus), gold, staters (120-72 BCE)
From SILVER
120 BCE - 72 BCE Gold 10,379 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head right of the deified Alexander the Great, with horn of Ammon |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙMΑΧΟΥ (Greek).Athena seated left holding Nike |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Callatis | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Romania | Authority: | Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 120 BCE | to | 72 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Gold
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Median weight in grams | 8.25 | Denomination: | stater
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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.]]1Callataÿ 1995, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Callataÿ 1997a | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 58, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.2, n° 1824 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 2 | 33.33 | 2 | 4.55 | 1, 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 16.67 | 2 | 4.55 | 5 |
| 8 | 1 | 16.67 | 8 | 18.18 | 3 |
| 9 | 1 | 16.67 | 9 | 20.45 | 4 |
| 23 | 1 | 16.67 | 23 | 52.27 | 6 |
| Total | 6 of 6 | 100.01 | 44 of 44 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 6 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 16 | Number of coins (n) | 44 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 7.33 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.75 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.67 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 33.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 6.29 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 125,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 6.95 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00035 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 95.45% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 13,990.46 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 10,379 kg <br /> 10,379 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 34,976.15 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military
References
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1995), "Les derniers statères posthumes de Lysimaque émis à Istros, Tomis et Callatis", in Numismatic and Sphragistic Contributions to Ancient and Medieval History of Dobroudja. International Symposium. Dobrich/1993 = Dobroudja, 12, p. 39-50.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
