Miletus (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (325-294 BCE)
From SILVER
325 BC - 294 BCE Silver 11,837 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).AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right, to left, monogram of MI. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Miletus | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Ionia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. | 325 BC | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 294 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 17.15 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: | Attic |
Image
H224 Miletus Alexander tetradrachms.jpg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Thompson 19831Thompson 1983 | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear II2Sear II, n° 6713-6724, Price 19913Price 1991, n° 2074 to 2143, RQEMH4RQEMH, n° 224 | ||
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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 | 8 | 25.81 | 8 | 5.23 | 26, 133, 135, 138, 207, 245, 251, 259 |
| 2 | 5 | 16.13 | 10 | 6.54 | 24, 25, 164, 184, 250 |
| 3 | 3 | 9.68 | 9 | 5.88 | 161, 163, 252 |
| 4 | 2 | 6.45 | 8 | 5.23 | 27, 182 |
| 5 | 2 | 6.45 | 10 | 6.54 | 134, 241 |
| 6 | 3 | 9.68 | 18 | 11.76 | 162, 246, 248 |
| 7 | 1 | 3.23 | 7 | 4.58 | 136 |
| 8 | 1 | 3.23 | 8 | 5.23 | 160 |
| 9 | 1 | 3.23 | 9 | 5.88 | 158 |
| 10 | 2 | 6.45 | 20 | 13.07 | 247, 249 |
| 12 | 1 | 3.23 | 12 | 7.84 | 183 |
| 15 | 1 | 3.23 | 15 | 9.8 | 137 |
| 19 | 1 | 3.23 | 19 | 12.42 | 165 |
| Total | 31 of 31 | 100.03 | 153 of 153 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 31 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 8 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 86 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 153 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 4.94 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.78 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 2.77 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 25.81 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 34.51 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 690,200 |
| 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) | 38.88 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00022 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 94.77% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 8,867 |
| 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 | 11,837 kg <br /> 11,837 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 22,167.49 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1983), Alexander's Drachm Mints. I : Sardes and Miletus, NS 16, 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.
