Chios (types of Alexander the Great), silver, drachms (280-220 BCE)
From SILVER
280 BCE - 220 BCE Silver 1,998 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. Border of dots. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre, ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ] to right, monogram in left field. Unpublished, for a Macedonian-type drachm of Mytilene with ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ to right. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Chios | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Ionia (Islands) | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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: | Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 280 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 220 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 4.10 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | drachma
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StandardStandard.: | Attic |
Image
H234 Chios drachm.jpeg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Bauslaugh 19791Bauslaugh 1979, p. 1-45, pl. 1-17. | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | RQEMH2RQEMH, n° 234, Price 19913Price 1991, n° 2316-2325 | ||
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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 | 8 | 40 | 8 | 11.76 | 2, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 48, 49 |
| 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5.88 | 17, 50 |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 13.24 | 3, 9, 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11.76 | 5, 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7.35 | 12 |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8.82 | 11 |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10.29 | 6 |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11.76 | 1 |
| 13 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19.12 | 4 |
| Total | 20 of 20 | 100 | 68 of 68 | 99.98 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 20 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 8 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 36 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 68 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 3.4 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.89 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.8 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 40 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 24.36 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 487,200 |
| 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) | 28.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00014 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 88.24% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 5,582.92 |
| 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 | 1,998 kg <br /> 1,998 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 13,957.31 |
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