Alexandreia ad Issum, bronze, 6.7g (Heracles/Zeus) (164-30 BCE)
From SILVER
164 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Alexander the Great (as Herakles) right, wearing lion's skin headdress |
| Reverse: | AΛEΞANΔPEΩN (Greek).Zeus standing left, holding wreath and sceptre, two monograms to left |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Alexandreia ad Issum | Ancient region: | Cilicia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 164 BCE | to | 30 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 6.70 | Denomination: | Standard: |
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.]]1Levante 1971 | ||
| 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° 5520 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2.13 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 14.89 | 7 |
| 17 | 1 | 25 | 17 | 36.17 | 9 |
| 22 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 46.81 | 5 |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 47 of 47 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 25 | Number of coins (n) | 47 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 11.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.88 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 6.25 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 25 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 4.01 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 80,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 4.37 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00059 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 97.87% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 23,441.4 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 58,603.49 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
