Miletus (Alexander the Great), gold, distaters (Athena/Nike) (325-323 BCE)
From SILVER
325 BCE - 323 BCE Gold 5,573 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent |
| 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
| Mint: | Miletus | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 325 BCE | to | 323 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Gold
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Median weight in grams | 17.20 | Denomination: | distater
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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.]]1Thompson 1983. | ||
| 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° 2083, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 223b | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 2 | 1 | 100 | 2 | 100 | 1 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 2 of 2 | 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) | 2 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1.62 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 32,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 2 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00006 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,469.14 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 5,573 kg <br /> 5,573 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 6,172.84 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Thompson 1983.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
