Amphipolis (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/Zeus) (332-310 BCE)
From SILVER
332 BCE - 310 BCE Silver 370,851 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress |
| Reverse: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek).Zeus eated left, holding eagle and scepter, to left, crescent, below throne, Π. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Amphipolis | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 332 BCE | to | 310 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 17.25 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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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. 26 | ||
| 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° 1, 4-6, 9-14...123 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 879 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 250 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 1400 | Number of coins (n) | 2949 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.35 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.11 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.59 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 28.44 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1074.93 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 21,498,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1252.26 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00014 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 91.52% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,486.87 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 370,851 kg <br /> 370,851 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 13,717.17 |
Remarks
Most likely more than 2 workstations Certainly military p. 20: "die linkage patterns show that the issues within each group must all have been struck more or less simultaneously"
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.
