AC 143 - Phagres, bronze (Apollo/lion) (400-350 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7546

400 BCE - 350 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Laureate head of Apollo to right.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΦAΓP (Greek).Forepart of a lion to right, with ΦA over and ΓP under.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Phagres

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Thrace

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

400 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

350 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical ^{480-323 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Bronze

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

1.38

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

StandardStandard.:

Image

AC143 Phagres.jpeg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Liampi 19911Liampi 1991, p. 25-35.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	RQEMAC2RQEMAC, n° 143

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	6	85.71	6	66.67	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
3	1	14.29	3	33.33	6
Total	7 of 7	100	9 of 9	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	7	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	6
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	8	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	9
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.29	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.13
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.14	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	85.71 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	24.73	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	494,600
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)	31.5	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00002
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	33.33%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	727.86
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	n.a.	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	1,819.65

Remarks

References

^ Katerini, Liampi (1991), "The mint of Phagres", Nomismatika Chronika, 10, p. 25-35.
^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.