Metapontum, silver, didrachms (400-350 BCE)
From SILVER
400 BCE - 350 BCE Silver 15,852 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Various heads. Head of Demeter l., wearing sphendone |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | META (Greek).Barley ear |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Metapontum | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Lucania | 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. | 400 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 350 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 7.75 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | stater , didrachm , nomos
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StandardStandard.: |
Image
RQMAC 6 - Metapontum, silver, stater, 400-350 BC.jpg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Noe - Johnston 19841Noe - Johnston 1984, n° 322-44 et 366-529, Noe 19312Noe 1931 | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear I3Sear I, n° 403-411, RQEMAC4RQEMAC, n° 6, HN Italy5HN Italy, n° 1574, HGC 16HGC 1, n° 404 | ||
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
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 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 1.73 | 324, 333, 341, 342, 372, 390, 393, 396, 417, 431, 432, 457, 498, 508, 523, 528 |
| 2 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 1.95 | 343, 368, 371, 387, 394, 399, 438, 489, 506 |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 1.95 | 338, 376, 377, 403, 414, 502 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1.3 | 334, 339, 384 |
| 5 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 3.79 | 373, 378, 388, 409, 473, 496, 501 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 3.9 | 322, 402, 460, 507, 510, 519 |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 5.3 | 323, 330, 380, 391, 420, 515, 529 |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 5.19 | 331, 370, 400, 491, 512, 516 |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0.97 | 332 |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 2.16 | 503, 513 |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 3.57 | 383, 385, 488 |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 5.63 | 435, 446, 472, 495 |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | 84 | 9.09 | 398, 406, 424, 455, 477, 493 |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 6.49 | 428, 482, 486, 525 |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 5.19 | 449, 462, 521 |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 3.68 | 395, 497 |
| 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1.95 | 450 |
| 19 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 4.11 | 422, 453 |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 4.33 | 404, 437 |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 4.55 | 325, 461 |
| 22 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 7.14 | 411, 433, 464 |
| 26 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 5.63 | 415, 480 |
| 27 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 2.92 | 335 |
| 29 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 3.14 | 467 |
| 40 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 4.33 | 439 |
| Total | 100 of 100 | 100 | 924 of 924 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 100 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 16 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 924 | |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 9.24 | 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 | 16 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 102.27 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 2,045,400 |
| 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) | 112.14 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00045 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 98.27% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 18,069.82 |
| 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 | 15,852 kg <br /> 15,852 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 45,174.54 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. - Jonhston, Ann (1984), The coinage of Metapontum. Parts 1 and 2 with additions and corrections by Ann Johnston, Numismatic Notes and Monographs 32 and 47, New York, ix, 120 p., 44 pl.
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. (1931), The coinage of Metapontum. Part 2, Numismatic Notes and Monographs 47, New York.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm
