Thessalonica? (Aesillas), silver, tetradrachms (100-65 BCE) Bauslaugh

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 8510


100 BCE - 65 BCE Silver 35,071 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Various legends: 1) MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ; 2) CAE PR MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ; 3) S I MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ (Greek; Latin).Diademed head of Alexander the Great right.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Various legends: 1) AESILLAS Q. ; 2) SVVRA LEG PRO Q (Latin).Money chest, club and chair, all within wreath.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Thessalonica Ancient regionAncient region.: Macedon 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: Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC), Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 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.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 16.90 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
Image
H134 Alexander the Great Aesillas.jpeg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Bauslaugh 20001Bauslaugh 2000
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear I2Sear I, n° 1463-1464, RQEMH3RQEMH, n° 134, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 1110
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).
1 34 33.33 34
2 11 10.78 22
3 8 7.84 24
4 10 9.8 40
5 3 2.94 15
6 11 10.78 66
7 2 1.96 14
8 5 4.9 40
9 8 7.84 72
10 3 2.94 30
11 2 1.96 22
12 1 0.98 12
13 1 0.98 13
17 1 0.98 17
18 1 0.98 18
Total 101 of 102 98.99 439 of 1,000
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 102 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. 
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 377 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 1000
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 9.8 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 2.65
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 3.7 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  103.76 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  2,075,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 113.59 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00048
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) % Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  19,275.25
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  35,071 kg <br /> 35,071 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  48,188.13
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Certainly military

References

  1. ^  Bauslaugh, Robert A. (2000), Silver coinage with the types of Aesillas the Quaestor, Numismatic Studies 22, New York.
  2. ^  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
  3. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
  4. ^  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.