S 1663 - Magnesia ad Maeandrum (types of Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (225-200 BCE)
From SILVER
220 BCE - 200 BCE Silver 6,415 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AΛEΞANΔPOY (Greek).Zeus seated left with eagle and sceptre. Controls: monogram to outer left, maeander pattern in exergue |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Magnesia ad Maeandrum | 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. | 220 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 200 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver | Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 16.90 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm | StandardStandard.: | Attic |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | Vădan 20181 | ||
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Price 19912 |
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 | 1 | 5.56 | 1 | 0.79 | 21 |
2 | 3 | 16.67 | 6 | 4.76 | 19, 26, 29 |
3 | 2 | 11.11 | 6 | 4.76 | 30, 34 |
5 | 5 | 27.78 | 25 | 19.84 | 17, 23, 24, 25, 33 |
6 | 2 | 11.11 | 12 | 9.52 | 20, 27 |
8 | 1 | 5.56 | 8 | 6.35 | 22 |
11 | 1 | 5.56 | 11 | 8.73 | 18 |
13 | 1 | 5.56 | 13 | 10.32 | 28 |
16 | 1 | 5.56 | 16 | 12.7 | 31 |
28 | 1 | 5.56 | 28 | 22.22 | 32 |
Total | 18 of 18 | 100.03 | 126 of 126 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 18 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 1 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 62 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 126 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 7 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 2.03 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 3.44 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5.56 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 18.98 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 379,600 |
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) | 21 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00033 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 99.21% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 13,277.13 |
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 | 6,415 kg <br /> 6,415 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 33,192.83 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Vădan, Paul (2018), "The Posthumous Alexander Tetradrachms of Magnesia on the Maeander", American Journal of Numismatics, 30, p. 45-106.
- ^ 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.