S 1697 - Amphipolis (Alexander the Great), silver, didrachms (332-310 BCE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 11587


332 BCE - 310 BCE Silver 3,621 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle on extended right hand and scepter in left, kerykeion in left field
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Amphipolis 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)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 332 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 310 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical and Hellenistic
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 8.60 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
Image
S1697 Amphipolis Alexander didrachm.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Troxell 19971Troxell 1997, p. 33-34
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:



Obverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 14 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. 
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 31
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 2.21 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  21.05 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  421,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 25.53 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00007
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) % Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  2,945.37
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  3,621 kg <br /> 3,621 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  7,363.42
Remarks

Most likely more than 2 workstations

References

  1. ^  Troxell, Hyla A. (1997), Studies in the Macedonian Coinage of Alexander the Great, Numismatic Studies 21, New York, 161 p., 31 pl.