Thessalonica? (Aesillas), silver, tetradrachms (100-65 BCE) Bauslaugh

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8510

100 BCE - 65 BCE Silver 35,071 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Différentes légendes : 1) MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ; 2) CAE PR MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ ; 3) S I MAKEΔΟΝΩΝ (Grec et latin).
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	Différentes légendes : 1) AESILLAS Q. ; 2) SVVRA LEG PRO Q (Latin).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Thessalonica

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:

Aesillas (quaestor in the Roman province of Macedonia in c. 90 BC), Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Roman Republic, Roman province of Macedonia

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

100 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

65 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:	R. A. Bauslaugh1R. A. Bauslaugh, Silver Coinage with the Types of Aesillas the Quaestor (ANS NS 22), New York, 2000.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

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	34	33.33	34
2	11	10.78	22
3	8	7.84	24
4	10	9.8	40
5	3	2.94	15
6	11	10.78	66
7	2	1.96	14
8	5	4.9	40
9	8	7.84	72
10	3	2.94	30
11	2	1.96	22
12	1	0.98	12
13	1	0.98	13
17	1	0.98	17
18	1	0.98	18
Total	101 of 102	98.99	439 of 1,000

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	102	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	377	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	1000
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	9.8	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	2.65
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	3.7	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	103.76	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	2,075,200
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)	113.59	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00048
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	19,275.25
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	35,071 kg <br /> 35,071 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	48,188.13

Remarks

References

^ R. A. Bauslaugh