Caria (uncertain mint) (Alexander the Great), silver, drachms (Heracles/Zeus) (285-275 BCE)

285 BCE - 275 BCE Silver 1,408 kg

Obverse:	Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress
Reverse:	AΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus seated left on throne, right leg drawn back, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, cult statue of Artemis Kindyas in field left

Caria

285 BCE

275 BCE

Period: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Silver

4.20

drachma

Attic

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Delrieux 1998, p. 41-50, pl. 8-10 (n° 3-21).
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2493 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2493A

no distribution is available

Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	8	Number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	5
Number of reverse dies (r)	13	Number of coins (n)	13
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.63	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.63	Percentage of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	62.5 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ^ᵖ	16.76	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	335,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ^ᵖ (O)	20.8	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	0.00004
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	61.54%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ^ᵖ	1,551.31
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ^ᵖ	1,408 kg <br /> 1,408 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ^ᵖ	3,878.28

Most likely one single workstation Likely military

References

^ Delrieux Fabrice (1998), "La statue d’Artémis sans bras sur les alexandres et les monnaies séleucides de Carie", Revue Suisse de Numismatique 77 (1998), p. 41-50