Salamis (Alexander the Great), gold, staters (Athena/Nike) (330-320 BCE)
From SILVER
330 BCE - 320 BCE Gold 40,214 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena to right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, pendant earring and necklace |
| Reverse: | AΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Nike standing to left, holding wreath and stylis, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ in right field, eagle in left field |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Salamis | Ancient region: | Cyprus | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Macedonian kingdom, Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 330 BCE | to | 320 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Gold
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Median weight in grams | 8.60 | 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.]]1Troxell 1999 | ||
| 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° 3125-3167 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 20 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 31 | Number of coins (n) | 79 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.95 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.55 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.55 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 15 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 23.38 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 467,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 26.78 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00017 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 96.2% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,757.91 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 40,214 kg <br /> 40,214 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 16,894.78 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military
References
- ^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1999), "A New Look at Some Alexander Staters from Salamis", in Michel Amandry - Silvia Hurter (eds.), Travaux de numismatique grecque offerts à Georges Le Rider, London, p. 359-67, pl. 37-38
- ^ 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.
