Damascus (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (333-325 BCE) Glenn

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 8259


333 BCE - 325 BCE Silver 20,963 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.: AΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus seated on throne left, holding eagle and scepter. Under the throne, ΔΑ (and globules or leaf). In field, monogram and X or ram protomea.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Damascus Ancient regionAncient region.: Syria (Coele-Syria) Modern countryModern country: Syria 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. 333 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 17.20 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 1 1.69 1 0.2 59
2 3 5.08 6 1.22 33, 57, 58
3 6 10.17 18 3.65 10, 19, 22, 38, 47, 52
4 6 10.17 24 4.87 13, 17, 20, 31, 35, 44
5 4 6.78 20 4.06 8, 18, 40, 41
6 7 11.86 42 8.52 9, 12, 16, 25, 27, 34, 37
7 8 13.56 56 11.36 2, 3, 14, 23, 28, 29, 32, 36
8 2 3.39 16 3.25 24, 56
9 4 6.78 36 7.3 24, 56
10 2 3.39 20 4.06 21, 50
11 3 5.08 33 6.69 26, 39, 43
12 3 5.08 36 7.3 30, 46, 49
13 1 1.69 13 2.64 5
14 2 3.39 28 5.68 1, 4
15 1 1.69 15 3.04 7
17 1 1.69 17 3.45 54
18 1 1.69 18 3.65 42
19 2 3.39 38 7.71 51, 53
25 1 1.69 25 5.07 6
31 1 1.69 31 6.29 55
Total 59 of 59 99.95 493 of 493 100.01
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 59 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  1
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 257 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 493
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 8.36 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.92
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 4.36 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  1.69 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  60.94 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  1,218,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 67.02 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00040
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 99.8% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  16,179.85
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  20,963 kg <br /> 20,963 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  40,449.62
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Glenn, Simon (2018), "Exploring localities: a die study of Alexanders from Damascus", in Simon Glenn, Frédérique Duyrat and Andrew Meadows (eds.), Alexander the Great. A Linked Open World, Scripta Antiqua 116, Bordeaux, p. 91-126.
  2. ^  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.