Pella (Philip II and Alexander the Great), silver, didrachms (359-328 BCE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 7923


359 BCE - 328 BCE Silver 1,795 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek).Philip, wearing kausia, chlamys, tunic, and boots, raising right hand and holding rein in left, on horseback left, tiny Δ below raised foreleg, facing head of Helios below horse’s belly.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Pella Ancient regionAncient region.: Macedon 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), Macedonian kingdom, Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 359 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 328 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 7.15 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.:
Image
H116 Heracles Pella.jpeg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Le Rider 19771Le Rider 1977
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear II2Sear II, n° 6685, RQEMH3RQEMH, n° 116-117, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 866



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 4 40 4 12.9 15, 71, 115, 169
2 3 30 6 19.35 22, 170, 171
3 1 10 3 9.68 172
6 1 10 6 19.35 112
12 1 10 12 38.71 168
Total 10 of 10 100 31 of 31 99.99
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 10 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  4
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 13 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 31
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 3.1 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 2.38
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.3 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  40 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  12.55 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  251,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 14.76 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00012
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 87.1% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  4,940.24
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  1,795 kg <br /> 1,795 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  12,350.6
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation RQEMH 116 + 117

References

  1. ^  Le Rider, Georges (1977), Le Monnayage d'argent et d'or de Philippe II frappé en Macédoine de 359 à 294, Paris, Bourgey.
  2. ^  Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
  3. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
  4. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.