AC 144c - Selymbria, silver, diobols (492-472 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 7566


492 BCE - 472 BCE Silver 1,884 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Cockerel standing to the right, symbol in the field above.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Quadratum incusum with 4 fields.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Selymbria Ancient regionAncient region.: Thrace 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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 492 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 472 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic and Classical
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 1.00 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: diobol Nomisma.org StandardStandard.:
Image
AC144c Selymbria.jpeg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Schönert-Geiss 19751Schönert-Geiss 1975, n° 25-34.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: RQEMAC2RQEMAC, n°144c



Obverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 11 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. 
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 10 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 12
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 1.09 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.2
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 0.91 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  94.22 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  1,884,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 132 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00001
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) % Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  254.72
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  1,884 kg <br /> 1,884 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  636.81
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1975), Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria, Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike 13, Berlin, 62 p., 8 pl.
  2. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.