Phaselis, silver, double sigloi (400-330 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7791

400 BCE - 330 BCE Silver 24,236 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Prow of galley left in the form of forepart of boar.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΦΑΣ (Greek).Stern of galley right within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Phaselis

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Lycia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Persian Empire

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..

330 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

10.30

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

double siglos

StandardStandard.:

Image

AC262a Phaselis.jpeg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Heipp-Tamer 19931Heipp-Tamer 1993, p. 133, n° 74-5 (Series 6)
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II2Sear II, n° 5331, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 262a
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phaselis heipp-tamer 1993 6

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	2	100	2	100	49, 50
Total	2 of 2	100	2 of 2	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	2
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	2	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	2
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1	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	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	100 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	117.65	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	2,353,000
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)		Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00000
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	0%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	34
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	24,236 kg <br /> 24,236 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	85

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

^ Heipp-Tamer, Christine (1993), Die Münzprägung der lykischen Stadt Phaselis in griechischer Zeit, Saarbrücken, 182 p., 32 pl.
^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.