Chios (types of Alexander the Great), gold, staters (Athena/Nike) (270-220 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 7962


270 BCE - 220 BCE Gold 200,005 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek).Nike standing front, head to left, with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Chios Ancient regionAncient region.: Ionia (Islands) Modern countryModern country: Greece 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: Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 270 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 220 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Gold Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 8.50 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
Image
H233a Chios staters.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Bauslaugh 19791Bauslaugh 1979
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: RQEMH2RQEMH, n° 233a, Price 19913Price 1991, n° 2348
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 2 100 2 100 1, 2
Total 2 of 2 100 2 of 2 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 2 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  2
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 2 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 2
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 1 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  100 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  117.65 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  2,353,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00000
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 0% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  34
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  200,005 kg <br /> 200,005 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  85
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Certainly military

References

  1. ^  Bauslaugh, Robert A. (1979), "The Posthumous Alexander Coinage of Chios", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes 24, p. 1-45, pl. 1-17.
  2. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
  3. ^  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.