Ecbatana (Seleucus I), gold, staters (Athena/Nike) (311-280 BCE)
From SILVER
311 BCE - 280 BCE Gold 47,641 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena right, wearing a Corinthian helmet. |
| Reverse: | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Nike to right, holding stylis and crown. In the field, one or two symbol(s) (a forepart of a grazing horse, ancor) and/or one or two monogram(s) and/or letters. |
Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| From | 311 BCE | to | 280 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Gold
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Median weight in grams | 8.55 | Denomination: | stater
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Standard: | Attic |
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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.]]1Boillet 2009, p. 41-44, no. 6-18. | ||
| 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° 3882, 3927 and 3901, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3SC I, n° 200-201 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 10 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 7 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 11 | Number of coins (n) | 14 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.27 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 70 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 27.86 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 557,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 35 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 50% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,005.03 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 47,641 kg <br /> 47,641 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 2,512.56 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Boillet, Pierre-Yves (2009), Ecbatane et la Médie d’Alexandre aux Arsacides (c. 331 a.C. - c. 224 p.C.). Histoire monétaire et économique, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Bordeaux University.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.
