Alabanda, silver, tridrachms (Apollo/Pegasus) (166-133 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 11249

166 BCE - 133 BCE Silver 9,081 kg

Description

Obverse:	Laureate head of Apollo to right.
Reverse:	AΛABAN-ΔEΩN (Greek).Pegasos alighting to right, all within olive wreath, year (Θ) at th exergue

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Alabanda

Ancient region:

Caria

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From

166 BCE

to

133 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

11.80

Denomination:

tridrachm , cistophorus

Standard:

Cistophoric

Image

]]S1629 Alabanda cistophori.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.]]1Meadows 2008, p. 162-166, Series 5
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 4766
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/alabanda meadows 2020 5a

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	12	54.55	12	29.27	2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
2	5	22.73	10	24.39	4, 8, 11, 15, 17
3	2	9.09	6	14.63	3, 10
4	2	9.09	8	19.51	1, 14
5	1	4.55	5	12.2	16
Total	22 of 22	100.01	41 of 41	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	22	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	12
Number of reverse dies (r)	35	Number of coins (n)	41
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.86	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.17
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.59	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	54.55 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	38.48	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	769,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	47.47	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00005
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	70.73%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,130.98
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	9,081 kg <br /> 9,081 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	5,327.44

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Likely military