Miletus

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 291

The mint at the ancient site of Miletus in Ionia.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Miletus, silver, tetradrachms (353-323 BCE) Deppert-Lippitz		Silver	13,094 kg
Miletus, silver, drachms (353-323 BCE)		Silver	14,537 kg
Miletus, silver, hemidrachms (353-323 BCE)		Silver	4,276 kg
Miletus, silver, tetradrachms (350-340 BCE) Meadows		Silver	3,100 kg
Miletus (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (325-294 BCE)		Silver	11,837 kg
Miletus (Alexander the Great), silver, drachms (Heracles/eagle) (325 BCE)		Silver	649 kg
Miletus (Alexander the Great), silver, drachms (325-294 BCE)		Silver	20,413 kg
Miletus (Alexander the Great), silver, hemidrachms (323-319 BCE)		Silver	70 kg
Miletus (Alexander the Great), gold, distaters (325-323 BCE)		Gold	5,573 kg
Miletus (Alexander the Great), gold, staters (325-294 BCE)		Gold	89,878 kg
Miletus (Alexander the Great), gold, hemistaters (325-323 BCE)		Gold	101,179 kg
Miletus (Alexander the Great), gold, tetartai (325-319 BCE)		Gold	3,847 kg
Miletus, silver, didrachms (294-281 BCE)		Silver	6,872 kg
Miletus, silver, didrachms (259-246 BCE)		Silver	1,905 kg
Miletus, silver, drachms (259-246 BCE)		Silver	2,671 kg
Miletus, silver, hemidrachms (259-246 BCE)		Silver	500 kg
Miletus, silver, octobols (225-190 BCE)		Silver	12,145 kg
Miletus, silver, hemidrachms (225-190 BCE)		Silver	7,070 kg
S 342 - Miletus, silver, drachma, 200-190 BC		Silver	777 kg
S 1690 - Miletus, silver, drachms (200-115 BCE) Kinns Phases I-III		Silver	14,582 kg
S 343 - Miletus, silver, hemidrachm, 200-190 BC		Silver	252 kg
Miletus, silver, tetradrachms (175-160 BCE)		Silver	5,055 kg
Miletus, silver, drachms (175-160 BCE)		Silver	2,409 kg
S 344 - Miletus, silver, drachma, 170-150 BC		Silver	2,465 kg
S 345 - Miletus, silver, hemidrachm, 170-150 BC		Silver	975 kg
S 346 - Miletus, silver, drachma, 150-130 BC		Silver	1,768 kg
S 347 - Miletus, silver, hemidrachm, 150-130 BC		Silver	1,614 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
15888 - Miletus (Alexander the Great) (drachma Heracles/Zeus) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 501, Oct. 2021, 39)		Silver	323 BC JL
Miletus (AU Apollo/Lion) over uncertain mint (Leu 10, 24 Oct. 2021, 2151)		Gold	130 BC JL
24002 - Miletus (AE Apollo/lion) over Miletus (Apollo/lion) (Naumann, 97, Dec. 2020, 1202)		Bronze	130 BC JL
2045 - Miletus (AE Apollo/lion) over Miletus (Apollo/lion) (Lanz, ebay, 18 Apr. 2017)		Bronze	130 BC JL
24005 - Miletus (AE Apollo/lion) over Miletus (Apollo/lion) (Aufhäuser, 4, Oct. 1987, 111)		Bronze	130 BC JL
2022 - Miletus (AE Apollo/lion) over Miletus (Apollo/lion) (Savoca Numismatik, Silver 29, Dec. 2018, 86)		Bronze	130 BC JL
23995 - Miletus (AE Apollo/lion) over Miletus (Apollo/lion) (Naumann, 137, Nov. 2023, 234)		Bronze	130 BC JL
23998 - Miletus (AE Apollo/lion) over Miletus (Apollo/lion) (CNG, EA 420, May 2018, 245)		Bronze	130 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
24005 - Miletus (AE Apollo/lion) over Miletus (Apollo/lion) (Aufhäuser, 4, Oct. 1987, 111)		Bronze	130 BC JL
2022 - Miletus (AE Apollo/lion) over Miletus (Apollo/lion) (Savoca Numismatik, Silver 29, Dec. 2018, 86)		Bronze	130 BC JL
23995 - Miletus (AE Apollo/lion) over Miletus (Apollo/lion) (Naumann, 137, Nov. 2023, 234)		Bronze	130 BC JL
23998 - Miletus (AE Apollo/lion) over Miletus (Apollo/lion) (CNG, EA 420, May 2018, 245)		Bronze	130 BC JL
24002 - Miletus (AE Apollo/lion) over Miletus (Apollo/lion) (Naumann, 97, Dec. 2020, 1202)		Bronze	130 BC JL
2045 - Miletus (AE Apollo/lion) over Miletus (Apollo/lion) (Lanz, ebay, 18 Apr. 2017)		Bronze	130 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	miletus
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Miletus in Ionia.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	599799
Ancient regionAncient region.	Ionia Nomisma: ionia
Modern countryModern country	Turkey
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	37.530233° N, 27.278369° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Miletus https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/599799 http://sws.geonames.org/10182607/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x26652 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002386

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Literature

• Deppert-Lippitz 1984
• Kinns 1998
• Marcellesi 2004
• Thompson 1983

Authors

• Richard Ashton
• Barbara Deppert-Lippitz
• Philip Kinns
• Marie-Christine Marcellesi