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
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

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
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
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

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° 31' 48.84" N, 27° 16' 42.13" 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