Sidon (Alexander the Great), gold, staters (Athena/standing Nike) (332-308 BCE)
From SILVER
332 BCE - 308 BCE Gold 77,297 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Helmeted head of Athena right |
| Reverse: | AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek).Nike standing left, holding wreath and cradling stylis, ΣI below left wing, palm frond below right wing. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Sidon | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Lebanon | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 332 BCE | to | 308 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.]]1Newell 1916, p. 8-20 | ||
| 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° 3456-3517, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.1, n° 893-895 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 13 | 37.14 | 13 | 12.62 | B, C, E, F, I, L, M, N, R, T, U, X, EE |
| 2 | 10 | 28.57 | 20 | 19.42 | A, G, K, O, Y, Z, AA, BB, DD, JJ |
| 3 | 5 | 14.29 | 15 | 14.56 | D, V, W, FF, GG |
| 4 | 3 | 8.57 | 12 | 11.65 | H, J, II |
| 5 | 2 | 5.71 | 10 | 9.71 | P, CC |
| 13 | 1 | 2.86 | 13 | 12.62 | S |
| 20 | 1 | 2.86 | 20 | 19.42 | Q |
| Total | 35 of 35 | 100 | 103 of 103 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 35 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 13 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 55 | Number of coins (n) | 103 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.94 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.87 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.57 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 37.14 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 44.94 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 898,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 53.01 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00011 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 87.38% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,583.89 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 77,297 kg <br /> 77,297 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 11,459.72 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military
References
- ^ Newell, Edward T. (1916), The dated Alexander coinage of Sidon and Ake, Yale University Press, New Haven, 72 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.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
