Pergamum (Alexander the Great), gold, staters (Heracles/standing Palladium) (335-330 BCE)
From SILVER
335 BCE - 330 BCE Gold 9,426 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. |
| Reverse: | Facing Palladium, wearing calathus on head and holding lance in upraised r. hand and shield on l. arm, in lower l. field, helmet |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Pergamum | Ancient region: | Mysia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 335 BCE | to | 330 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Gold
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Median weight in grams | 8.60 | Denomination: | stater
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Standard: | Attic |
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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.]]1Callataÿ 2012b | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 3 | 60 | 3 | 11.11 | 3, 4, 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 11.11 | 1 |
| 21 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 77.78 | 2 |
| Total | 5 of 5 | 100 | 27 of 27 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 27 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 5.4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.86 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.4 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 60 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 5.48 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 109,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 6.14 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00025 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 88.89% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 9,854.01 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 9,426 kg <br /> 9,426 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 24,635.04 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2012), “Les statères de Pergame et les réquisitions d’Alexandre le Grand (‘Abydos’, Kios et Rhodes) : l’apport d’un nouveau trésor (‘Pergame 2004’),” Revue numismatique, 169, p. 179-196.
