Soli (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/seated Zeus) (325-318 BCE)
From SILVER
325 BC - 318 BCE Silver 4,897 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress |
| Reverse: | AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek).Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right, to left, prow, below throne, Z |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Soli (Cyprus) | Ancient region: | Cyprus | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 325 BC | to | 318 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 17.10 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Troxell 1998 | ||
| 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° 3190 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 13 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 39 | Number of coins (n) | 68 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 5.23 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.74 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 3 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 14.32 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 286,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 16.07 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00024 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 9,497.21 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 4,897 kg <br /> 4,897 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 23,743.02 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military
References
- ^ Troxell, Hyla (1998), "Alexanders from Soli on Cyprus", in Richard Ashton and Silvia Hurter (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in Memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 339-344
- ^ 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.
