Alexandria Troas (Lysimachus), silver, tetradrachms (Alexander/Athena) (304-281 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 6228

304 BCE - 281 BCE Silver 5,362 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Diademed head of deified Alexander r. with the horn of Ammon
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ (Greek).Athena seated l. on throne, holding Nike and spear and resting l. elbow on shield, in outer l. field, monogram, on throne, star

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Alexandria Troas

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Troas

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

304 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

281 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Silver

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

16.85

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard.:

Attic

Image

RQEM ad. 421 - Alexandria Troas, silver, tetradrachm, 304-281 BC.jpg

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Meadows 20041Meadows 2004
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Obverse dies distribution

FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ^ᵖ	Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	% (n)	Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1	3	20	3	3
2	2	13.33	4	4
3	1	6.67	3	3
6	2	13.33	12	12
7	2	13.33	14	14
8	2	13.33	16	16
13	1	6.67	13	13
16	1	6.67	16	16
19	1	6.67	19	19
Total	15 of 15	100	100 of 100	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	15	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	3
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	49	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	100
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	6.67	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	2.04
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	3.27	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	20 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	15.91	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	318,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ^ᵖ (O)	17.65	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00031
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	97%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	12,570.71
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ^ᵖ	5,362 kg <br /> 5,362 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	31,426.78

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Likely military

References

^ Meadows, Andrew (2004), "The Earliest Coinage of Alexandria Troas", Numismatic Chronicle, 164, p. 47-70, pl. 3.