H 24b - Gela, bronze, units (200-30 BCE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 7922


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, H
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 Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: unit Nomisma.org StandardStandard.:
Average weightAverage of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).:
Image
H 24b - Gela, bronze, unit, 200-30 BC.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, p. 286, n° 558 (groupe XIVb).
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 22HGC 2, n° 385



Obverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 23 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. 
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 31 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 31
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 1.35 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) 1.35 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  70.57 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  1,411,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 89.13 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00002
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.  878.56
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  n.a. Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  2,196.4
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
  2. ^  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.