H 242a - Caunus (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (316-270 BCE)
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− | |Mint= | + | |Image=H242b Mylasa alexander tetradrachm.jpg |
+ | |Image reference=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=773823&AucID=1442&Lot=265 | ||
+ | |Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin | ||
+ | |Reverse legend=AΛEΞANΔPOY | ||
+ | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
+ | |Reverse description=Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; labrys in left field | ||
+ | |Mint=Caunus | ||
+ | |Ancient region=Caria | ||
+ | |Authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) | ||
+ | |Date from=316 BCE | ||
+ | |Date to=270 BCE | ||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
|Denomination=tetradrachm | |Denomination=tetradrachm | ||
− | | | + | |Standard=Attic |
− | | | + | |Median weight=16.90 |
|RQEM reference=RQEMH | |RQEM reference=RQEMH | ||
|RQEM reference number=242a | |RQEM reference number=242a | ||
+ | |Die study reference=Thompson 1981, p. 207-17, pl. 1; Ashton 2004 | ||
+ | |Coin series reference=RQEMH, n° 242a; Price 1991, n° 2074 | ||
|Number of obverse dies=2 | |Number of obverse dies=2 | ||
|Number of reverse dies=2 | |Number of reverse dies=2 | ||
|Number of coins=4 | |Number of coins=4 | ||
+ | |Workstation=Most likely one single workstation | ||
}} | }} |
Latest revision as of 16:42, 1 April 2023
316 BCE - 270 BCE Silver 1,099 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek).Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, labrys in left field |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Caunus | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Caria | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 316 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 270 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver | Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 16.90 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm | StandardStandard.: | Attic |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | Thompson 19811 , Ashton 20042 | ||
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | RQEMH3 , Price 19914 |
Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 2 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 2 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 4 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 2 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 2 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 3.25 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 65,000 |
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) | 4 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00006 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 2,461.54 |
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 | 1,099 kg <br /> 1,099 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 6,153.85 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1980), "The Alexandrine Mint of Mylasa", Numismatica e Antichità Classiche, 10, p. 207-217, pl. 1.
- ^ Ashton, Richard (2004), "Kaunos, not Miletos or Mylasa," The Numismatic Chronicle, 64, p. 33-46, pl. 2
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.