Rhodes, silver, didrachms (250-230 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 14348


250 BCE - 230 BCE Silver 22,636 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Radiate head of Helios facing, slightly r.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΜΝΑΣΙΜΑΧΟΣ above (Greek).Rose with bud on r., P - O to either side of stem, in field l. Athena standing
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Rhodes Ancient regionAncient region.: Caria (islands) Modern countryModern country: Greece 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: Rhodian power
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 230 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.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 6.50 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Rhodian
Image
S2094 Rhodes didrachms Ashton 206-209.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Ashton 20011Ashton 2001, p. 106, n° 206-209
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear II2Sear II, n° 5048-5049, HGC 63HGC 6, n° 1439
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:



Obverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 159 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. 
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 860
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 5.41 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)  %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  174.12 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  3,482,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 195.06 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00025
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.  9,878.24
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  22,636 kg <br /> 22,636 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  24,695.61
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Ashton, Richard (2001), "The coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC", in Andrew Meadows and Kirsty Shipton (eds.), Money and its uses in the ancient world, Oxford, Oxford University Press, p. 79-115.
  2. ^  Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.