Odessus (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (280-200 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 5385

280 BCE - 200 BCE Silver 4,086 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress.
Reverse:	(ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ) ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus seated l., holding eagle and sceptre, in l. field, Ξ and below

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Odessus

Ancient region:

Thrace

Modern country: Bulgaria

Authority:

Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)

Chronology

From

280 BCE

to

200 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

16.80

Denomination:

tetradrachm

Standard:

Attic

Image

]]RQEM ad. 1073 - Odessus, silver, tetradrachm, 280-200 BC.jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Marinescu - Lorber 2012
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Price 1991, n° 1148-1170
Coin series web reference:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.920 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1148 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1149 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1150 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1151 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1152 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1153 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1156 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1157 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1158 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1159 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1160 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1162 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1163 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1166 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1167 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1169 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1170

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	2	16.67	2	1.63
2	1	8.33	2	1.63
6	1	8.33	6	4.88
7	1	8.33	7	5.69
8	1	8.33	8	6.5
10	1	8.33	10	8.13
14	1	8.33	14	11.38
15	1	8.33	15	12.2
19	1	8.33	19	15.45
31	1	8.33	31	25.2
9	1	8.33	9	7.32
Total	12 of 12	99.97	123 of 123	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	12	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	34	Number of coins (n)	123
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	10.25	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	3.62
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2.83	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	16.67 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	12.16	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	243,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	13.3	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00051
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	98.37%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	20,230.26
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	4,086 kg <br /> 4,086 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	50,575.66

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Likely military