Miletus (Alexander the Great), gold, staters (Athena/Nike) (325-294 BCE)
From SILVER
325 BC - 294 BCE Gold 89,878 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent. |
| Reverse: | AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Nike standing front, head to left, with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left, to left, monogram of KH, to lower right, labrys. |
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 BC | to | 294 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 |
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.]]2RQEMH, n° 223, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Price 1991, n° 2113-2115 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 13 | 29.55 | 13 | 8.13 | 1, 5, 10, 15, 125, 157, 172, 205, 206, 224, 226, 243, 257 |
| 2 | 5 | 11.36 | 10 | 6.25 | 2, 4, 7, 11, 174 |
| 3 | 10 | 22.73 | 30 | 18.75 | 14, 18, 19, 126, 171, 177, 225, 227, 228, 258 |
| 4 | 5 | 11.36 | 20 | 12.5 | 12, 124, 169, 175, 244 |
| 6 | 1 | 2.27 | 6 | 3.75 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 9.09 | 28 | 17.5 | 21, 170, 173, 176 |
| 8 | 1 | 2.27 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 11.36 | 45 | 28.13 | 5, 6, 127, 128, 129 |
| Total | 44 of 44 | 99.99 | 160 of 160 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 44 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 13 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 62 | Number of coins (n) | 160 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.64 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.58 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.41 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 29.55 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 52.56 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,051,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 60.69 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00015 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 91.88% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,088.28 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 89,878 kg <br /> 89,878 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 15,220.7 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1983), Alexander's Drachm Mints. I : Sardes and Miletus, NS 16, New York.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ 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.
