Naxus, silver, tetradrachms (Dionysus/Silenus) (425-425 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7798

425 BCE - 425 BCE Silver 324 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head right of Dionysios, hair bound with taenia ornamented with ivy
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	NAΞION (Greek).Silenos squatting, head left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, to left, ivy plant

Mint and issuing power

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

Naxus

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.

425 BCE

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

425 BCE

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

Physical description

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

Silver

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

17.05

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

tetradrachm

StandardStandard.:

Image

AC 80 - Naxus, silver, tetradrachms (425-425 BCE).jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Cahn 19441Cahn 1944, p. 130-133, n° 99-103.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear I2Sear I, n° 875, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 81

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).
56	1	100	56	109.8	66
Total	1 of 1	100	56 of 51	109.8

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	1	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	51
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	51	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	51
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1	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	0.95	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	19,000
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)	1.02	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00268
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	107,368.42
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	324 kg <br /> 324 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	268,421.05

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

^ Cahn, Herbert A. (1944), Die Münzen der sizilischen Stadt Naxos. Ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte des griechischen Westens, Basel, 168 p., XII pl.
^ 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.