Susa (Seleucus I), silver, tetradrachms (wreath group) (Heracles/seated Zeus) (311-308 BCE)
From SILVER
311 BCE - 308 BCE Silver 2,726 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress |
| Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ below, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ to right (Greek).Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre, wreath in left field, PO above strut, monogram below throne |
Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| From | 311 BCE | to | 308 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 |
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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.]]1Taylor 2019 | ||
| 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° 3853-3860 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 45 | Number of coins (n) | 103 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 12.88 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.29 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 5.63 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 12.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 7.97 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 159,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 8.67 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00065 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 99.03% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 25,846.93 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 2,726 kg <br /> 2,726 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 64,617.31 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Taylor, Lloyd W. H. (2019), "The Susa Wreath Group Alexanders: The First Step in the Transformation of an Anchor Seal to a Dynastic Emblem," Koinon. The International Journal of Classical Numismatic Studies, 2, p. 63-83.
- ^ 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.
