Cabyle? (Skostokos, types of Lysimachus), silver, tetradrachms (273-272 BCE) Dimitrov

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 4922


273 BCE - 272 BCE Silver 7,957 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙMΑΧΟΥ ΣKOΣTOKOY (Greek).thena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background, herm to iner left
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Cabyle Ancient regionAncient region.: Thrace Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria 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: Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC), Skostokos (vassal of Lysimachus or ruler in Thrace ?)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 273 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 272 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
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 16.90 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
Image
RQEMH 90 - Aenus, silver, tetradrachm, 273-2-273-2 BC.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Dimitrov 19841Dimitrov 1984
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: RQEMH2RQEMH, n° 90, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1471



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 8 47.06 8 18.6 1, 2, 6, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17
2 6 35.29 12 27.91 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 15
4 2 11.76 8 18.6 5, 14
15 1 5.88 15 34.88 9
Total 17 of 17 99.99 43 of 43 99.99
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 17 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  8
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 27 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 43
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 2.53 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.59
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.59 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  47.06 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  23.54 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  470,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 28.12 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00009
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 81.4% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  3,653.36
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  7,957 kg <br /> 7,957 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  9,133.39
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Certainly military

References

  1. ^  Dimitrov, Kamen (1984), "The Coinage of the Thracian Ruler Skostokos according to the Coin Hoard from Plovdiv, 1907 (IGCH n° 869)", Bulgarian Historical Review, 1984 (4), p. 71-87.
  2. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.