Caria (uncertain mint) (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/Zeus) (285-275 BCE)
From SILVER
285 BCE - 275 BCE Silver 427 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress |
| Reverse: | AΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Caria (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Caria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 285 BCE | to | 275 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.80 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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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.]]1Delrieux 1998, p. 41-50, pl. 8-10 (n° 1-2). | ||
| 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° 2491 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 3 | 1 | 100 | 3 | 100 | 1 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 3 of 3 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 2 | Number of coins (n) | 3 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1.27 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 25,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.5 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00012 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,724.41 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 427 kg <br /> 427 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 11,811.02 |
Remarks
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
- ^ 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.
