Susa (Eumenes of Cardia), gold, staters (Athena/Nike) (319-317 BCE)

319 BCE - 317 BCE Gold 45,332 kg

Obverse:	Helmeted head of Athena right, sphinx on helmet
Reverse:	ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡOΥ / ΒΑ-ΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Greek).Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis, monograms below wings

Mesopotamia

319 BCE

317 BCE

Period: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Gold

8.55

stater

Attic

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Taylor 2019b, p. 29-31
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° 3825-6, 3828, 3831, 3835, 3838-9, 3841, 3844-5 and P207
Coin series web reference:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3825 https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.3828

no distribution is available

Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	20	Number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	9
Number of reverse dies (r)	32	Number of coins (n)	55
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.75	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.72
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.6	Percentage of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	45 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ^ᵖ	26.51	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	530,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ^ᵖ (O)	31.43	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	0.00010
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	83.64%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ^ᵖ	4,149.38
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ^ᵖ	45,332 kg <br /> 45,332 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ^ᵖ	10,373.44

Most likely one single workstation Certainly military

References

^ Taylor, Lloyd W. H. (2019), "The Macedonian Mint at Susa (319/8-312/1 BC)", Koinon, 2, p. 28-62.
^ 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.