Pella (Philip II and Alexander the Great), silver, didrachms (359-328 BCE)
From SILVER
359 BCE - 328 BCE Silver 1,795 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. |
| 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
| Mint: | Pella | Ancient region: | Macedon | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom, Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 359 BCE | to | 328 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 7.15 | Denomination: | didrachm
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Standard: |
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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.]]1Le Rider 1977 | ||
| 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° 6685, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 116-117, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.1, n° 866 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 10 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 13 | Number of coins (n) | 31 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.1 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.38 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.3 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 40 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 12.55 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 251,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 14.76 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00012 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 87.1% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,940.24 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,795 kg <br /> 1,795 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 12,350.6 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation RQEMH 116 + 117
References
- ^ Le Rider, Georges (1977), Le Monnayage d'argent et d'or de Philippe II frappé en Macédoine de 359 à 294, Paris, Bourgey.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ 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.
