{"id":36442,"date":"2026-05-05T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/tom-xv-notae-numismaticae-zapiski-numizmatyczne\/on-probability-and-proof-piecing-together-the-puzzle-of-alexanders-elephant-medallions-o-prawdopodobienstwie-i-weryfikacji-ukladajac-puzzle-medalionow-aleksandra-wielkiego\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:40:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:40:53","slug":"on-probability-and-proof-piecing-together-the-puzzle-of-alexanders-elephant-medallions-o-prawdopodobienstwie-i-weryfikacji-ukladajac-puzzle-medalionow-aleksandra-wielkiego","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/tom-xv-notae-numismaticae-zapiski-numizmatyczne\/on-probability-and-proof-piecing-together-the-puzzle-of-alexanders-elephant-medallions-o-prawdopodobienstwie-i-weryfikacji-ukladajac-puzzle-medalionow-aleksandra-wielkiego\/","title":{"rendered":"On Probability and Proof: Piecing Together the Puzzle of Alexander\u2019s Elephant Medallions \/ O prawdopodobie\u0144stwie i weryfikacji. Uk\u0142adaj\u0105c puzzle medalion\u00f3w Aleksandra Wielkiego"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank L. Holt, University of Houston, Department of History<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Probability and Proof: Piecing Together the Puzzle of Alexander\u2019s Elephant Medallions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The elephant medallions associated with the reign of Alexander the Great continue to cause controversy. A recent attempt to remove the elephant\/chariot type from this corpus is based upon the die axes of three known specimens. This conclusion is false on both methodological grounds and the existence of a fourth specimen. The elephant\/chariot type should not be excluded from the corpus of these medallions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key words: <\/strong>Alexander the Great, elephant medallions, Porus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DOI: <\/strong>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52800\/ajst.1.a.01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Holt, F.L. 2020. \u201cOn Probability and Proof: Piecing Together the Puzzle of Alexander\u2019s Elephant Medallions\u201d, <em>Notae Numismaticae \u2013 Zapiski Numizmatyczne<\/em> 15: 13\u201320. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.52800\/ajst.1.a.01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mnk-downloads-block links-downloads-block download-block\"><div class=\"link-row\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/01-Holt_Chariot-Medallion-e.pdf\" class=\"d-flex align-items-center link-row-inner\" aria-label=\"Pobierz: On Probability and Proof: Piecing Together the Puzzle of Alexander\u2019s Elephant Medallions \/ O prawdopodobie\u0144stwie i weryfikacji. Uk\u0142adaj\u0105c puzzle medalion\u00f3w Aleksandra Wielkiego (PDF, 604 kB)\" download><svg class=\"icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#file-icon\"><\/use><\/svg><div class=\"content\"><p>On Probability and Proof: Piecing Together the Puzzle of Alexander\u2019s Elephant Medallions \/ O prawdopodobie\u0144stwie i weryfikacji. Uk\u0142adaj\u0105c puzzle medalion\u00f3w Aleksandra Wielkiego<span class=\"file-format-size\"> (PDF, 604 kB)<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank L. Holt, University of Houston, Department of History On Probability and Proof: Piecing Together the Puzzle of Alexander\u2019s Elephant Medallions Abstract: The elephant medallions associated with the reign of Alexander the Great continue to cause controversy. A recent attempt to remove the elephant\/chariot type from this corpus is based upon the die axes of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":36441,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36442","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36442"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36446,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36442\/revisions\/36446"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnk.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}