S 1066 - Uncertain mint, silver, tetradrachm, 250-200 BC

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8335

250 - 200 Silver 0 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus seated on throne left, nude to the waist, holding eagle and scepter. In field, monogram. In exergue, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Uncertain mint

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Modern countryModern country: unknown

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) - pretended authority (types)

Chronology

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

250

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

200

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

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	Silver	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:	tetradrachm	StandardStandard.:
List of weightsList of the actual weights of a numismatic object (in grams).:	16.9716.97 g <br />16,970 mg <br />, 17.1317.13 g <br />17,130 mg <br />

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Marinescu - Lorber 20121Marinescu - Lorber 2012, p. 197-259 (p. 198).
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.1318

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).
2	1	100	2	100
Total	1 of 1	100	2 of 2	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	2	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	2
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	2	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	1.62	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	32,400
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)	2	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	2,469.14
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	0 kg <br /> 0 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	6,172.84

Remarks

References

^ Marinescu Constantin A. and Catharine C. Lorber (2012), "The ‘Black Sea’ tetradrachm hoard”, in E. Paunov and S. Filipova (eds.), ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ. Studia in honorem Iliae Prokopov sexagenario ab amicis et discipulis dedicata, Tirnovo, 2012, p. 197-259 (p. 213-214).