Aradus (Alexander the Great), silver, hemidrachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (328-320 BCE)
From SILVER
328 BCE - 320 BCE Silver 1,384 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. (In field, Σ). |
| Reverse: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre. Controls: Ξ to left, monogram below throne. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aradus | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Syria | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 328 BCE | to | 320 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 2.00 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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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.]]1Duyrat 2005, p. 16-17, n° 129-132 et n° 135-136 (Group IV, Series 1), n° 165 (Group IV, Series 3), p. 19-20, n° 286-296 (Group IV, Series 4) et p. 24, n° 527-531 (Group IV, Series 10) | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 10, n° 65, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Price 1991, n° 3330 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 15 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 11 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 18 | Number of coins (n) | 23 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.53 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.28 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 73.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 34.61 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 692,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 43.13 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 52.17% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,329.1 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,384 kg <br /> 1,384 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,322.74 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 10. handbook of coins of the Southern Levant : Phoenicia, southern Koile Syria (including Judaea), and Arabia, Lancaster-London, lxxix, 201 p.
- ^ 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.
