Tarsus (Alexander the Great), gold, staters (Athena/Nike) (333-319 BCE)
From SILVER
333 BCE - 319 BCE Gold 41,727 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin springing right. |
| Reverse: | AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ Nike standing front, head to left, with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left, below right wing, star. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Tarsus | Ancient region: | Cilicia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 333 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 | 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 1918, p. 69-115, pl. 1-8. | ||
| 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° 3004-3010, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 268 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 16 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 8 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 19 | Number of coins (n) | 35 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.19 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.84 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.19 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 24.26 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 485,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 29.47 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 77.14% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,885.41 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 41,727 kg <br /> 41,727 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 7,213.52 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Newell, Edward T. (1918), "Tarsos under Alexander", AJN 52, p. 69-115, pl. 1-8.
- ^ 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.
