Amphipolis (Alexander the Great), silver, hemidrachms (Heracles/eagle on thunderbolt) (336-323 BCE)
From SILVER
336 BCE - 323 BCE Silver 928 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress |
| Reverse: | ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Eagle standing right, caduceus to right |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Amphipolis | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 336 BCE | to | 323 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 2.10 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
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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.]]1Troxell 1997, p. 33-34 | ||
| 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° 15, 34, 41, 53... 150, 154 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 14 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 29 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.07 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 22.1 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 442,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 27.07 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,624.43 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 928 kg <br /> 928 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 6,561.09 |
Remarks
Most likely more than 2 workstations See graph p. 32
References
- ^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1997), Studies in the Macedonian Coinage of Alexander the Great, Numismatic Studies 21, New York, 161 p., 31 pl.
- ^ Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
