Analyzed coins Die analysis Visual catalogue

Analyzed coins

Coin catalogue section:	Holmoi, Group 2
Coin corpus datasets:	Holmoi, Group 2

The number of analyzed coins recorded in the Corpus as of 4 May 2025 is presented in Table 1.

Type	Count
2.1a	2
2.1b	2
2.1c	1
2.1d	2
Total	7

Table 1: Number of analyzed coins

Die analysis

An overview of dies used for known staters of Group 2 is given in Table 2. Identification of the dies is complicated by the presence of test cuts, countermarks, and the poor preservation of some specimens. However, it seems that the coins of variants 2.1a and 2.1b were struck with the same obverse die O1, while three reverse dies R1, R2 and R3 were used. The only specimen of variant 2.1c was probably also struck with the obverse die O1, which is already badly damaged and has been reworked: Athena’s left hand and shield were recut and her spear was moved more to the left (the line of the spear in the original position is visible on the photo). The reverse die R4 is shared with the coins of variant 2.1d, but R4 appears to be more worn on the 2.1c coin (see the centre of the phiale and the leaves on the lateral shoot of the laurel trunk). If these observations are correct, then the relative order of minting of these coins was as follows:

1. The variants 2.1a–b using the obverse die O1 and three reverse dies R1, R2 and R3. It is difficult to decide which of these two variants was minted first, but it was probably variant 2.1a.
2. The variant 2.1d with the O2/R4 pair of dies.
3. The variant 2.1c with the O1b/R4 pair of dies. The O1 die was reused probably after the irreparable damage of the O2 die, but it was reworked due to its heavy wear.

Type	Corpus no.	Specimen	Coin dies
			Obverse	Reverse
2.1a	1	1	O1	R1
	2	2	O1	R2
2.1b	3	1	O1	R3
	4	2	O1	R3
2.1c	5	1	O1b (?)	R4
2.1d	6	1	O2	R4
	7	2	O2	R4

Table 2: Overview of dies used for individual coins

Only two identified obverse dies suggest that the production of these staters was limited. Using statistical methods to estimate the total number of dies would be misleading given the very limited range of data.

Visual catalogue

Photo credits can be found in Coin corpus, Holmoi, Group 2.

Type 2.1a, Specimen 1 (Corpus no. 1). Obverse and reverse dies O1/R1.

Type 2.1a, Specimen 2 (Corpus no. 2). Obverse and reverse dies O1/R2.

Type 2.1b, Specimen 1 (Corpus no. 3). Obverse and reverse dies O1/R3.

Type 2.1b, Specimen 2 (Corpus no. 4). Obverse and reverse dies O1/R3.

Type 2.1c, Specimen 1 (Corpus no. 5). Obverse and reverse dies O1b/R4.

Type 2.1d, Specimen 1 (Corpus no. 6). Obverse and reverse dies O2/R4.

Type 2.1d, Specimen 1 (Corpus no. 7). Obverse and reverse dies O2/R4.