Aigai (Alexander I), silver, octodrachms (dismounted Macedonian horseman/name within incuse square) (492-480 BCE)
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492 BCE - 480 BCE Silver 58,412 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Horseman, wearing petasos and chlamys, standing right, holding two spears, behind bridled horse standing right. |
| Reverse: | ΑΛΕ-ΞΑ-ΝΔ-ΡΟ (Greek).Inscription in shallow incuse square around quadripartite square in relief. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aigai | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Alexander I of Macedon (Argead king, c. 498-454 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 492 BCE | to | 480 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 29.00 | Denomination: | octodrachm
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Standard: |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Raymond 1953, n° 1-7a, 45-57 et 108-11. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.1, n° 755, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 163 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 21 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 17 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 19 | Number of coins (n) | 25 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.19 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.32 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.9 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 80.95 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 100.71 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 2,014,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 131.25 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00001 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 32% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 496.48 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 58,412 kg <br /> 58,412 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 1,241.19 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Raymond, Doris (1953), Macedonian regal coinage to 413 B.C., Numismatic Notes and Monographs 126, New York, xi, 170 p., 15 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
