Thrace (uncertain mint) (Mostis), silver, tetradrachms (Mostis/Athena) (110-85 BCE)
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110 BCE - 85 BCE Silver 2,343 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Diademed and draped bust r. |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ MOΣΤΙΔΟΥ (Greek).Athena seated l., holding Nike and spear and resting l. elbow on shield, in inner l. field, monogram. In exergue, METOYΣ KB |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Thrace (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Bulgaria | Authority: | Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC), Mostis (king of the Caeni, 130-90 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 110 BCE | to | 85 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.50 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
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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 1991b, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Callataÿ 1997a, p. 258-259, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Paunov 2014, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Paunov 2022 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5RQEMH, n° 93, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6HGC 3.2, n° 1727 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 38 | Number of coins (n) | 71 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 10.14 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.87 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 5.43 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 14.29 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 7.1 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 142,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 7.77 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00050 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 98.59% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 20,000 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 2,343 kg <br /> 2,343 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 50,000 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military This is the revised and still unpublished die-study by Atanas Koychev (private information). Paunov 2014 (4 obv. for 20 coins); Paunov 2022 (4 obv. for 24 coins).
References
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1991), “Le roi thrace Mostis et une surfrappe d'un alexandre tardif de Mésembria”, Revue belge de Numismatique, 137, p. 37-45, pl. 2
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
- ^ Paunov, Evgeni (2014), "The Coinage of the Thracian King Mostis: Recent Finds, Chronology, Distribution and Localisation," in:O. Dörtlük, O. Tekin and R. Boyraz Seyhan (eds.), Proceedings of the First International Congress of Anatolian Monetary History and Numismatics, 25-28 February 2013, Antalya, p. 457-480.
- ^ Paunov, E. (2022), "Тетрадрахмите на тракийския цар Мостид, втората половина на II век пр. Хр." [The silver coinage of the Thracian king Mostis, second half of the 2nd century BC], Revers, 7 (1), p. 34-51.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
