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Revision as of 22:45, 20 October 2022
280 - 160 Silver 31,630 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). |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Chios | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Ionia | 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) - pretended authority |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 280 | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 160 | 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.: | |
Mode weightMode of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).: | 16-90-17,09<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>"-90-17,09" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.</li></ul> |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | R. Brauslaugh1R. Brauslaugh, "The Posthumous Alexander Coinage of Chios", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes 24 (1979), p. 1-45, pl. 1-17. | ||
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: |
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 | 32 | 41.56 | 32 | 11.9 | 20, 21, 22, 29, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 41, 44, 45, 46, 47, 62, 67, 68, 70, 71, 78, 82, 86, 87, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 |
2 | 6 | 7.79 | 12 | 4.46 | 19, 26, 42, 66, 69, 72 |
3 | 10 | 12.99 | 30 | 11.15 | 18, 30, 36, 40, 59, 74, 77, 79, 83, 85 |
4 | 8 | 10.39 | 32 | 11.9 | 23, 24, 64, 65, 75, 76, 81, 88 |
5 | 4 | 5.19 | 20 | 7.43 | 25, 39, 63, 73 |
6 | 6 | 7.79 | 36 | 13.38 | 43, 53, 57, 61, 80, 91 |
7 | 3 | 3.9 | 21 | 7.81 | 27, 35, 54 |
8 | 4 | 5.19 | 32 | 11.9 | 33, 56, 60, 84 |
9 | 2 | 2.6 | 18 | 6.69 | 28, 89 |
10 | 1 | 1.3 | 10 | 3.72 | 58 |
26 | 1 | 1.3 | 26 | 9.67 | 55 |
Total | 77 of 77 | 100 | 269 of 269 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 77 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 32 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 207 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 269 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 3.49 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.3 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 2.69 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 41.56 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 93.03 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 1,860,600 |
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) | 107.88 | 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) | 88.1% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 5,783.08 |
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 /> 31,630 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 14,457.7 |
Remarks
References
- ^ R. Brauslaugh