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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 4533624, member: 97383&quot;]As Parthicus suggested Harl&#039;s book is a valuable reference source. Many experts have estimated mintage figures knowing the number of obverse dies used to strike a coin type. Those same experts estimate that one die was capable of striking 30,000 coins. Richard McAlee estimates that tetradrachms of Augustus numbered 1.5 million coins, &amp; tetradrachms of Nero numbered 2.5 million coins. Roger Bland did a die study on the number of Tet dies used by Gordian III, which amounted to 315, yielding about 9.5 million coins. Bland also did a study on the number of dies used by Gordian III to strike radiates at the Antioch mint, 2,953 dies yielded 88.5 million coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! Knowing the number of coins struck versus the number that have survived is another matter. Since so many coins of preceding emperors were melted down we can only guess at the number of surviving coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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