Abydus (Alexander the Great), silver, drachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (325-301 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 4705

325 BC - 301 BC Silver 30,907 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. Linear border.
Reverse:	AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Abydus

Ancient region:

Troas

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

Chronology

From

325 BC

to

301 BC

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

4.15

Denomination:

drachma

Standard:

Attic

Image

]]RQEMH 207 - Abydus, silver, drachma, 325-301 BC.jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Thompson 1991
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Price 1991, n° 1499, 1501-1503, 1508-1517, P20-P23, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 207
Coin series web reference:	https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1499 https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1501 https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1502 https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1503 https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1508

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	107	42.13	107	18.32	9, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 26, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 41, 46, 47, 56, 59, 65, 69, 79, 84, 95, 116, 118, 121, 123, 133, 134, 153, 154, 155, 187, 188, 189, 190, 193, 194, 196, 198, 199, 201, 202, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 226, 228, 231, 232, 233, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 269, 275, 276, 279, 288, 289, 305, 308, 309, 313, 314, 317, 320, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 358, 375, 379, 381, 385, 387, 389, 392, 393, 394, 401
2	78	30.71	156	26.71	8, 10, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 36, 40, 42, 44, 45, 48, 53, 54, 55, 81, 91, 93, 94, 113, 114, 115, 117, 124, 132, 149, 152, 182, 183, 191, 192, 195, 197, 200, 204, 208, 210, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 230, 234, 250, 253, 272, 274, 277, 280, 281, 285, 294, 297, 298, 299, 304, 306, 307, 310, 311, 318, 319, 321, 352, 376, 377, 378, 380, 382, 383, 386, 388, 390, 391, 402
3	41	16.14	123	21.06	12, 14, 16, 24, 32, 43, 58, 82, 90, 92, 120, 125, 150, 175, 184, 185, 186, 217, 218, 219, 221, 229, 266, 267, 271, 273, 286, 287, 295, 296, 302, 303, 312, 316, 350, 351, 353, 357, 360, 384, 403
4	9	3.54	36	6.16	31, 66, 112, 246, 249, 251, 252, 300, 315
5	8	3.15	40	6.85	11, 37, 57, 203, 248, 282, 301, 359
6	4	1.57	24	4.11	49, 50, 122, 227
7	1	0.39	7	1.2	290
9	2	0.79	18	3.08	18, 77
12	1	0.39	12	2.05	355
14	1	0.39	14	2.4	60
16	1	0.39	16	2.74	354
31	1	0.39	31	5.31	356
Total	254 of 254	99.98	584 of 584	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	254	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	107
Number of reverse dies (r)	407	Number of coins (n)	584
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.3	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.43
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.6	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	42.13 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	372.37	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	7,447,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	449.5	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00008
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	81.68%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	3,136.67
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	30,907 kg <br /> 30,907 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	7,841.66

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Certainly military