AC 170 - Aigai (Archelaus), silver, staters (413-399 BCE)
From SILVER
413 BCE - 399 BCE Silver 23,964 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Male head right, wearing tainia. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | APXEΛAO (Greek).Horse prancing right. |
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 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 10.60 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | stater
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StandardStandard.: |
Image
AC170 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° 795, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 170 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ | Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | % (n) | Die nameName(s) of the die(s). |
| 1 | 30 | 36.59 | 30 | 14.35 | 15, 21, 27, 30, 33, 34, 36, 42, 44, 46, 48, 49, 51, 52, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 74, 77, 78, 80, 87, 89, 92 |
| 2 | 23 | 28.05 | 46 | 22.01 | 14, 18, 25, 31, 32, 35, 37, 40, 41, 43, 45, 50, 53, 59, 70, 71, 73, 76, 79, 82, 83, 84, 88 |
| 3 | 13 | 15.85 | 39 | 18.66 | 20, 22, 24, 29, 38, 39, 47, 55, 61, 72, 85, 86, 90 |
| 4 | 6 | 7.32 | 24 | 11.48 | 11, 17, 56, 57, 69, 91 |
| 5 | 2 | 2.44 | 10 | 4.78 | 54, 75 |
| 6 | 3 | 3.66 | 18 | 8.61 | 16, 19, 28 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.22 | 7 | 3.35 | 12 |
| 8 | 2 | 2.44 | 16 | 7.66 | 23, 26 |
| 9 | 1 | 1.22 | 9 | 4.31 | 81 |
| 10 | 1 | 1.22 | 10 | 4.78 | 13 |
| Total | 82 of 82 | 100.01 | 209 of 209 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 82 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 30 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 105 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 209 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 2.55 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.99 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.28 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 36.59 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 113.04 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 2,260,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ᵖ (O) | 134.94 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00009 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 85.65% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 3,697.81 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ᵖ | 23,964 kg <br /> 23,964 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 9,244.52 |
Remarks
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
