Istrus (Lysimachus), gold, staters (100-72 BCE)
From SILVER
100 BCE - 72 BCE Gold 1,640 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right, with horn of Ammon over his ear. |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙMΑΧΟΥ (Greek).Athena seated left, holding Nike, crowning the king's name, in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on shield decorated with lion's head, behind, transverse spear, in inner left field, ΔI, in exergue, ornate trident to left |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Istrus | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Romania | Authority: | Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 100 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 | 8.20 | 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° 57, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.2, n° 1799 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 13 | 1 | 100 | 13 | 100 | 1 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 13 of 13 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 1 | Number of coins (n) | 13 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 13 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 13 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 20,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.08 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00065 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 26,000 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,640 kg <br /> 1,640 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 65,000 |
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.
