AC 219c - Phocaea, electrum, eighth hecte

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7843

600 BCE - 522 BCE Electrum 682 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of griffin left, behind, seal.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	Square incuse punch.

Mint and issuing power

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

Phocaea

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:

Chronology

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

600 BCE

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

522 BCE

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

Physical description

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

Electrum http://nomisma.org/id/el

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

0.35

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

eighth hecte

StandardStandard.:

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Image

AC219c Phocaea.jpeg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Bodenstedt 19811Bodenstedt 1981, émissions 2.1, 2.2 et 12.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	RQEMAC2RQEMAC, n° 219c

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Obverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

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Reverse dies distribution

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Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	6	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	NC"NC" is not a number.	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	12
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	9.74	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	194,800
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)	12	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	2,464.07
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	682 kg <br /> 682 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	6,160.16

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Remarks

References

^ Bodenstedt, Friedrich (1981), Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene, Tübingen.
^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.