Lampsacus (Alexander the Great), silver, drachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (329-301 BCE)
From SILVER
329 BCE - 301 BCE Silver 55,051 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. |
| Reverse: | AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus seated left on backless throne, holding eagle in his right hand and long scepter in his left, to left, buckle, below throne, ΛΩ |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Lampsacus | Ancient region: | Mysia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 329 BCE | to | 301 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.15 | Denomination: | drachma
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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.]]1Thompson 1991 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 6730-6731, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Price 1991, n° 1343, 1347, 1349-1350, 1354, etc., "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4RQEMH, n° 203 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 364 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 193 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 552 | Number of coins (n) | 655 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.8 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.19 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.52 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 53.02 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 663.27 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 13,265,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 819.31 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 70.53% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,975.06 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 55,051 kg <br /> 55,051 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,937.66 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1991), Alexander's Drachm Mints. II : Lampsacus and Abydus, New York.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ 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.
