S 1038 - Teos (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (220-190 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8155

220 BCE - 190 BCE Silver 1,602 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.:	THI (Greek).Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, wreath in left field

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Teos

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.

220 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

190 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Silver

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

16.65

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard.:

Attic

Image

S 1038 Teos Tetradrachm 220-190.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Kinns 19801Kinns 1980, p. 519 (Period III, AR VI, D1/D2-R1/R3)
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

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	1	50	1	33.33
2	1	50	2	66.67
Total	2 of 2	100	3 of 3	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	1
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	3	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	3
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.5	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.5	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	4.81	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	96,200
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)	6	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	66.67%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	1,247.4
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	1,602 kg <br /> 1,602 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	3,118.5

Remarks

References

^ Kinns, Philip (1980), Studies in the coinage of Ionia: Erythrae, Teos, Lebedus, Colophon, c. 400-30 B.C., unpublished PhD thesis, Cambridge University.