S 1054 - Ephesus, silver, drachms (400-392 BCE) Karwiese 10.3
From SILVER
400 BCE - 392 BCE Silver 714 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. | 400 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 392 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: |
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 | 3.00 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | drachma
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StandardStandard.: |
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Karwiese 20191Karwiese 2019, series 10.3. | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
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 | 4 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 15 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 18 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 2.25 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.2 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.88 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 11.9 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 238,000 |
| 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) | 14.4 | 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) | 77.78% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 3,025.21 |
| 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 | 714 kg <br /> 714 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 7,563.03 |
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.
