Miletus (Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (325-294 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 8066


325 BC - 294 BCE Silver 11,837 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).AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right, to left, monogram of MI.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Miletus Ancient regionAncient region.: Ionia 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: Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 325 BC toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 294 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 17.15 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
Image
H224 Miletus Alexander tetradrachms.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Thompson 19831Thompson 1983
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear II2Sear II, n° 6713-6724, Price 19913Price 1991, n° 2074 to 2143, RQEMH4RQEMH, n° 224
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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 8 25.81 8 5.23 26, 133, 135, 138, 207, 245, 251, 259
2 5 16.13 10 6.54 24, 25, 164, 184, 250
3 3 9.68 9 5.88 161, 163, 252
4 2 6.45 8 5.23 27, 182
5 2 6.45 10 6.54 134, 241
6 3 9.68 18 11.76 162, 246, 248
7 1 3.23 7 4.58 136
8 1 3.23 8 5.23 160
9 1 3.23 9 5.88 158
10 2 6.45 20 13.07 247, 249
12 1 3.23 12 7.84 183
15 1 3.23 15 9.8 137
19 1 3.23 19 12.42 165
Total 31 of 31 100.03 153 of 153 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 31 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  8
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 86 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 153
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 4.94 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.78
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 2.77 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  25.81 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  34.51 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  690,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 38.88 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00022
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 94.77% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  8,867
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  11,837 kg <br /> 11,837 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  22,167.49
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Thompson, Margaret (1983), Alexander's Drachm Mints. I : Sardes and Miletus, NS 16, New York.
  2. ^  Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.