Miletus (Alexander the Great), gold, tetartai (Athena/Nike) (325-319 BCE)
From SILVER
325 BCE - 319 BCE Gold 3,847 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent, and necklace |
| Reverse: | AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek).Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm, in left field, vertical thunderbolt above monogram |
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 | 319 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Gold
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Median weight in grams | 2.10 | Denomination: | tetarte
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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° 2081, 2097, 2117, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 223d | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 6 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 6 | Number of coins (n) | 13 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.17 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.17 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.16 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 183,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 11.14 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,838.43 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 3,847 kg <br /> 3,847 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 7,096.07 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1983), Alexander's Drachm Mints. I : Sardes and Miletus, NS 16, New York.
- ^ 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.
