Thrace (uncertain mint) (Mostis), silver, tetradrachms (Mostis/Athena) (110-85 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 8169


110 BCE - 85 BCE Silver 2,343 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed and draped bust r.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the 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
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Thrace (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region.: Thrace Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria 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: Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC), Mostis (king of the Caeni, 130-90 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 110 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 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 16.50 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
Image
H93 Mostis.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Callataÿ 1991b1Callataÿ 1991b, Callataÿ 1997a2Callataÿ 1997a, p. 258-259, Paunov 20143Paunov 2014, Paunov 20224Paunov 2022
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: RQEMH5RQEMH, n° 93, HGC 3.26HGC 3.2, n° 1727



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 1 14.29 1 1.41 4
2 1 14.29 2 2.82 5
6 1 14.29 6 8.45 1
9 1 14.29 9 12.68 2
11 1 14.29 11 15.49 3
19 1 14.29 19 26.76 7
23 1 14.29 23 32.39 7
Total 7 of 7 100.03 71 of 71 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 7 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  1
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 38 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 71
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 10.14 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.87
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 5.43 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  14.29 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  7.1 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  142,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 7.77 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00050
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 98.59% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  20,000
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  2,343 kg <br /> 2,343 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  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

  1. ^  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
  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.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  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.
  5. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
  6. ^  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.