H 173 - Peloponnesus (uncertain mint) (Antigonus Gonatas), silver, tetradrachms (270-260 BCE)
From SILVER
270 BCE - 260 BCE Silver 6,300 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus seated left on throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, to left, crested Macedonian helmet, below throne, monogram of ΘΕ, in exergue, monogram of KE. |
Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| From | 270 BCE | to | 260 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
| Metal: | Silver |
Median weight in grams | 16.80 | Denomination: | tetradrachm |
Standard: | Attic |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Troxell 1971 | ||
| 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° 173 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 15 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 32 | Number of coins (n) | 47 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.13 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.47 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.13 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 33.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 18.75 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 375,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 22.03 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00013 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 89.36% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,013.33 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 6,300 kg <br /> 6,300 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 12,533.33 |
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