Tarsus (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/Zeus) (333-319 BCE)
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333 BCE - 319 BCE Silver 24,928 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Nike flying right, presenting wreath, above kerykeion, below throne, monogram of EΠ above Θ. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Tarsus | Ancient region: | Cilicia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 333 BCE | to | 319 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.]]1Newell 1918, p. 69-115, pl. 1-8. | ||
| 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° 2990-3001, 3011-3012, 3015-3021, etc., "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 269, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 3.1, n° 910, 943 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 9 | 13.43 | 9 | 2.39 | 23, 31, 33, 35, 37, 48, 57, 64, 65 |
| 2 | 5 | 7.46 | 10 | 2.65 | 1, 17, 36, 52, 59 |
| 3 | 12 | 17.91 | 36 | 9.55 | 2, 5, 10, 21, 40, 43, 45, 50, 51, 55, 60, 61 |
| 4 | 6 | 8.96 | 24 | 6.37 | 4, 6, 25, 54, 56, 67 |
| 5 | 10 | 14.93 | 50 | 13.26 | 13, 14, 27, 34, 42, 46, 47, 49, 58, 66 |
| 6 | 6 | 8.96 | 36 | 9.55 | 7, 12, 22, 24, 38, 53 |
| 7 | 4 | 5.97 | 28 | 7.43 | 3, 8, 16, 20 |
| 8 | 4 | 5.97 | 32 | 8.49 | 18, 39, 62, 63 |
| 9 | 1 | 1.49 | 9 | 2.39 | 19 |
| 10 | 3 | 4.48 | 30 | 7.96 | 26, 41, 44 |
| 13 | 3 | 4.48 | 39 | 10.34 | 9, 15, 28 |
| 16 | 1 | 1.49 | 16 | 4.24 | 11 |
| 17 | 2 | 2.99 | 34 | 9.02 | 29, 32 |
| 24 | 1 | 1.49 | 24 | 6.37 | 30 |
| Total | 67 of 67 | 100.01 | 377 of 377 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 67 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 282 | Number of coins (n) | 377 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 5.63 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.34 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 4.21 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 13.43 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 72.89 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,457,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 81.48 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00026 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 97.61% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 10,344.35 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 24,928 kg <br /> 24,928 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 25,860.89 |
Remarks
Certainly military
References
- ^ Newell, Edward T. (1918), "Tarsos under Alexander", AJN 52, p. 69-115, pl. 1-8.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
