Rhodes (Philip II), gold, staters (Apollo/biga) (250-230 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 14350


250 BCE - 230 BCE Gold 2,770 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: MNAΣIMAXOΣ above (only illegible traces visible) (Greek).Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving biga right, rose and PO below
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Rhodes Ancient regionAncient region.: Caria (islands) Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: Rhodian power, Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 230 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Gold Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 8.55 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
Image
S2095 Rhodes staters Ashton 211.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Ashton 20011Ashton 2001, p. 107, n° 211
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 62HGC 6, n° 1410
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
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 obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 1 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  0
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 1 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 2
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 2 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 2
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  0 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  1.62 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  32,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 2 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 100% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  2,469.14
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  2,770 kg <br /> 2,770 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  6,172.84
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Certainly military

References

  1. ^  Ashton, Richard (2001), "The coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC", in Andrew Meadows and Kirsty Shipton (eds.), Money and its uses in the ancient world, Oxford, Oxford University Press, p. 79-115.
  2. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.