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Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC) (1) · Hieronymus of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 215-214 BC) (1) · Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC) (1) · Philipp III Arrhidaeus (Argead king, 323-317 BC) (1) · Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC) (1) · Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC) (1) · Pyrrhus (general, Aeacid king of Molossians, Macedonia and Epirus, 306-272 BC) (1)
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| Die Study | ImageImage of the object | MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made. | Date fromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | Date toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 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 |
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| Abydus (Alexander the Great), silver, hemidrachms (325-301 BCE) | Silver | 325 BC JL | 301 BC JL | 207 kg | |
| Abydus (Philip II), gold, quarter staters (325-301 BCE) | Gold | 325 BC JL | 301 BC JL | 50,590 kg | |
| Alexandria (Ptolemy I), gold, 10th trichrysa (294-282 BCE) | Gold | 294 BC JL | 282 BC JL | 16,513 kg | |
| Syracuse (Hieronymus), gold, 25 litrai (Persephone/thunderbolt) (215-214 BCE) | Gold | 215 BC JL | 214 BC JL | 4,079 kg | |
| Taras, gold, ogdoemoria (276-272 BCE) | Gold | 276 BC JL | 272 BC JL | 508 kg | |
| Taras, gold, triobols (276-272 BCE) | Gold | 276 BC JL | 272 BC JL | 4,377 kg |


