AC 169 - Aigai (Archelaus), silver, staters (413-399 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 7568


413 BCE - 399 BCE Silver 2,927 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Horseman, wearing petasos and holding two spears in right hand, on horse rearing left.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AP-XE-ΛAO (Greek).Forepart of goat right, head left, AP-XE-ΛAO around, all in linear square within incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Aigai 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: Archelaus I of Macedon (Argead king, 413-399 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 413 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 399 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 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 10.50 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org StandardStandard.:
Image
AC169 Archelaos.jpeg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Westermark 19931Westermark 1993
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 794, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 169
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 5 50 5 20 3, 4, 6, 8, 9
2 2 20 4 16 2, 5
3 1 10 3 12 7
5 1 10 5 20 1
8 1 10 8 32 10
Total 10 of 10 100 25 of 25 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 10 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  5
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 11 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 25
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 2.5 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 2.27
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.1 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  13.94 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  278,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 16.67 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00009
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 80% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  3,586.8
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  2,927 kg <br /> 2,927 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  8,967
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Westermark, Ulla (1993), "The staters of Archelaus. A die study", in M. Price, A. Burnett et R. Bland (éd.), Essays in Honour of Robert Carson and Kenneth Jenkins, Londres, p. 17-30, pl. III-VIII.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.