S 1044 - Ephesus, silver, octobol?
From SILVER
500 BCE - 400 BCE Silver 391 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΕΦ (Greek).Bee. Border of dots. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Quadripartite incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Ephesus | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Ionia | 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 500 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 400 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 | 1.70 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | octobol
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StandardStandard.: |
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Karwiese 20191Karwiese 2019, series 7.2.a. | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | |||
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 | 5 | 62.5 | 5 | 26.32 | |
| 4 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 42.11 | |
| 6 | 1 | 12.5 | 6 | 31.58 | |
| Total | 8 of 8 | 100 | 19 of 19 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 6 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 19 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 2.38 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 3.17 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 0.75 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 62.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 11.49 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 229,800 |
| 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) | 13.82 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 73.68% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 3,307.22 |
| 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 | 391 kg <br /> 391 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 8,268.06 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Karwiese, Stefan (2019), Die Münzprägung von Ephesos. 2, Prägeserien 7 bis 11 (5.-4. Jh. v. Chr.) : Corpus und Aufbau der griechischen Stadtprägung mit allen erfassbaren Stempelnachweisen sowie numismatischen Analysen und Chronologien Die Münzprägung von Ephesos. 2, Prägeserien 7 bis 11 (5.-4. Jh. v. Chr.) : Corpus und Aufbau der griechischen Stadtprägung mit allen erfassbaren Stempelnachweisen sowie numismatischen Analysen und Chronologien , Veröffentlichungen des Institutes für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 20, Wien : Österreichische Forschungsgesellschaft für Numismatik, 328 p.
