Alabanda, silver, tetradrachms (Apollo/Pegasus) (145 BCE)
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145 BCE - 145 BCE Silver 2,391 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath |
| Reverse: | AΛAB-ANΔEΩN (Greek).Pegasos alighting right, A (date) below |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Alabanda | Ancient region: | Caria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 145 BCE | to | 145 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.70 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Meadows 2008, p. 150-155, Series 4 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 21 | Number of coins (n) | 65 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 9.29 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.1 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 3 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 14.29 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 7.16 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 143,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 7.84 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00045 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 98.46% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 18,156.42 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 2,391 kg <br /> 2,391 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 45,391.06 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Meadows, Andrew (2008), Alabanda in Caria: A Hellenistic City and Its Coinage, unpublished DPhil, Oxford, 501 p. and 50 pl.
