Side, silver (Alexander the Great), drachms (326-316 BCE)
From SILVER
326 BCE - 316 BCE Silver 3,441 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right, below throne, A. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Side | Ancient region: | Pamphylia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 326 BCE | to | 316 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.10 | Denomination: | drachma
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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.]]1Thompson 1981, p. 33-49, pl. 3-9. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Price 1991, n° 2950, 2961, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 259 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 16 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 10 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 19 | Number of coins (n) | 23 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.44 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.21 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.19 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 62.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 41.96 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 839,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 52.57 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 56.52% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,096.28 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 3,441 kg <br /> 3,441 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 2,740.71 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Thompson, Margaret (1980), "The Alexandrine Mint of Mylasa", Numismatica e Antichità Classiche, 10, p. 207-217, pl. 1.
- ^ Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
