H 167 - Corinth? (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (330-251 BCE)
From SILVER
330 BCE - 251 BCE Silver 39,277 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. Border of dots. |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, in left field, Elpis advancing left, NO below throne |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Corinth | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Peloponnesus | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 330 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 251 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver ![]() |
Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 17.00 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm ![]() |
StandardStandard.: | Attic |
Image

H167 Corinth Alexander.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | Newell - Noe 19501Newell - Noe 1950 | ||
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Price 19912Price 1991, n° 679, RQEMH3RQEMH, n° 167 |
Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ | Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | % (n) | Die nameName(s) of the die(s). |
1 | 37 | 39.78 | 37 | 12.46 | 3, 21, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 39, 44, 48, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 64, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 86, 87, 91, 92, 98, 100, 103, 104 |
2 | 19 | 20.43 | 38 | 12.79 | 19, 20, 27, 33, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 59, 67, 69, 70, 72, 85, 97, 99, 102 |
3 | 13 | 13.98 | 39 | 13.13 | 5, 6, 18, 28, 34, 40, 62, 68, 74, 76, 78, 83, 94 |
4 | 5 | 5.38 | 20 | 6.73 | 38, 43, 89, 90, 101 |
5 | 5 | 5.38 | 25 | 8.42 | 4, 63, 65, 71, 106 |
6 | 3 | 3.23 | 18 | 6.06 | 22, 66, 73 |
7 | 4 | 4.3 | 28 | 9.43 | 42, 61, 79, 93 |
9 | 3 | 3.23 | 27 | 9.09 | 23, 95, 105 |
10 | 1 | 1.08 | 10 | 3.37 | 57 |
13 | 1 | 1.08 | 13 | 4.38 | 88 |
19 | 1 | 1.08 | 19 | 6.4 | 41 |
23 | 1 | 1.08 | 23 | 7.74 | 96 |
Total | 93 of 93 | 100.03 | 297 of 297 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 93 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 37 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 178 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 297 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 3.19 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.67 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.91 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 39.78 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 115.52 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 2,310,400 |
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ᵖ (O) | 135.4 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00013 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 87.54% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 5,141.97 |
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ᵖ | 39,277 kg <br /> 39,277 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 12,854.92 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Newell, Edward T. - Noe, Sydney P. (1950), The Alexander Coinage of Sicyon, American Numismatic Society. Numismatic Studies 6, New York.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.