H 24 - Gela, bronze, hemiltrai (200-30 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7917

200 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of the river god Gelas to right, wearing wreath of reeds
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΓEΛΩIΩN (Greek).Antiphemos standing right, holding sword, about to sacrifice ram leaping right, in field to left

Mint and issuing power

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

Gela

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Sicily

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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.

200 BCE

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

30 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic ^{323-30 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

9.90

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

hemilitron

StandardStandard.:

Image

H 24 - Gela, bronze, hemiltrai (200-30 BCE).jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, p. 285, n° 554-555 (groupe XIV)
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	RQEMH2RQEMH, n° 24, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 385

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	8	80	8	47.06	3;7;8;9;10;11;12;15
3	1	10	3	17.65	5
6	1	10	6	35.29	1
Total	10 of 10	100	17 of 17	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	10	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	8
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	17	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	17
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.7	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.7	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	80 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	19.61	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	392,200
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)	24.29	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00004
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	52.94%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	1,733.81
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	4,334.52

Remarks

References

^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.