Thessalonica? (Aesillas), silver, tetradrachms (100-65 BCE) Callataÿ
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100 BCE - 65 BCE Silver 33,557 kg
Description
| Obverse: | MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ (Greek).Diademed head of Alexander the Great right. |
| Reverse: | AESILLAS (Latin).Money chest, club and chair, all within wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Thessalonica | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC), Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia |
Chronology
| From | 100 BCE | to | 65 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.70 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Callataÿ 1996b, p. 113-151 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 1463-1464, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 134, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.1, n° 1110 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 37 | 40.22 | 37 | 7.31 | 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 17, 21, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 44, 45, 47, 48, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 66, 67, 69, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 81, 82, 90 |
| 2 | 14 | 15.22 | 28 | 5.53 | 28, 35, 38, 39, 46, 51, 52, 54, 58, 68, 70, 72, 80, 84 |
| 3 | 8 | 8.7 | 24 | 4.74 | 20, 27, 30, 37, 53, 63, 71, 79 |
| 4 | 6 | 6.52 | 24 | 4.74 | 6, 14, 42, 49, 57, 74 |
| 5 | 3 | 3.26 | 15 | 2.96 | 25, 88, 89 |
| 6 | 1 | 1.09 | 6 | 1.19 | 50 |
| 7 | 6 | 6.52 | 42 | 8.3 | 8, 23, 43, 65, 85, 91 |
| 8 | 1 | 1.09 | 8 | 1.58 | 64 |
| 10 | 2 | 2.17 | 20 | 3.95 | 15, 16 |
| 11 | 1 | 1.09 | 11 | 2.17 | 41 |
| 12 | 1 | 1.09 | 12 | 2.37 | 86 |
| 13 | 1 | 1.09 | 13 | 2.57 | 83 |
| 14 | 2 | 2.17 | 28 | 5.53 | 10, 92 |
| 15 | 1 | 1.09 | 15 | 2.96 | 87 |
| 19 | 1 | 1.09 | 19 | 3.75 | 19 |
| 21 | 2 | 2.17 | 42 | 8.3 | 13, 40 |
| 24 | 2 | 2.17 | 48 | 9.49 | 3, 7 |
| 32 | 2 | 2.17 | 64 | 12.65 | 1, 18 |
| 50 | 1 | 1.09 | 50 | 9.88 | 2 |
| Total | 92 of 92 | 100.01 | 506 of 506 | 99.97 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 92 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 37 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 241 | Number of coins (n) | 506 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 5.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.1 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.62 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 40.22 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 100.47 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 2,009,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 112.44 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00025 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.69% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 10,072.66 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 33,557 kg <br /> 33,557 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 25,181.65 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military
References
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1996), "Les monnaies au nom d'Aesillas", in T. Hackens (ed.), Italiam Fato Profugi Hesperinaque Venerunt Litora. Numismatic Studies Dedicated to Vladimir and Elvira Eliza Clain-Stefanelli, Numismatica Lovaniensia 12, Louvain-la-Neuve, p. 113-151.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ 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.
