S 229 - Mleiha, silver, tetradrachms (Alexander the Great) (250-200 BCE)

250 BCE - 200 BCE Silver

Obverse:	Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress
Reverse:	𐡀𐡁𐡂𐡀𐡋𐡁𐡓𐡕𐡁𐡂𐡋𐡍 (by'l brt bgln' in Aramaic) (Aramaic).Male figure seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right

Arabia

250 BCE

200 BCE

Period: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Silver

15.20

tetradrachm

Attic

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Van Alfen 2010, p.
Coin series reference:

no distribution is available

Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)		Number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	14
Number of reverse dies (r)		Number of coins (n)
Coins per obverse die (n/o)		Coins per reverse die (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ^ᵖ	Expression error: Unexpected / operator.	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ^ᵖ (O)		Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ^ᵖ
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ^ᵖ		Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ^ᵖ

References

^ van Alfen, Peter G. (2010), "A die study of the 'Abiel' coinages of Eastern Arabia", in Martin Huth and Peter G. van Alfen (eds.), Coinage of the caravan kingdoms : studies in ancient Arabian monetization of the caravan kingdoms, New York, American Numismatic Society, p. 549-594.