H 100 - Pella and Amphipolis, gold, hemistaters (340-310 BCE)
From SILVER
340 BCE - 310 BCE Gold 9,044 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. |
| Reverse: | ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek).Forepart of lion to right, crescent below |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Macedonia (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 340 BCE | to | 310 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC  , Hellenistic 323-30 BC
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Physical description
| Metal: | Gold
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Median weight in grams | 4.25 | Denomination: | hemistater
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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.]]1Le Rider 1977, p. 237-238, 248, 251. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMH, n° 100 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 9 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 8 | Number of coins (n) | 34 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.78 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 4.25 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.89 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 22.22 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 10.64 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 212,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 12.24 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00016 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 94.12% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,390.98 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 9,044 kg <br /> 9,044 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 15,977.44 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Attributed to Pella except A1 (Amphipolis)
