S 1067 - Cabyle (types of Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (225-215 BCE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 4843


225 BCE - 215 BCE Silver 1,079 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek).Zeus seated on throne left, nude to the waist, holding eagle and scepter. In field, Artemis Phosphorus and monogram.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Cabyle Ancient regionAncient region.: Thrace Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria 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: Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 225 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 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 16.80 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
Image
RQEM ad. 1067 - Cabyle, silver, tetradrachm, 225-215 BC.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Marinescu - Lorber 20121Marinescu - Lorber 2012, p. 197-259 (p. 199).
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 1 33.33 1 5.26
2 1 33.33 2 10.53
16 1 33.33 16 84.21
Total 3 of 3 99.99 19 of 19 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 3 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  1
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 5 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 19
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 6.33 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 3.8
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.67 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  33.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  3.21 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  64,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 3.56 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00030
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 94.74% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  11,838.01
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  1,079 kg <br /> 1,079 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  29,595.02
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Marinescu Constantin A. and Catharine C. Lorber (2012), "The ‘Black Sea’ tetradrachm hoard”, in E. Paunov and S. Filipova (eds.), ΗΡΑΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ ΘΑΣΙΩΝ. Studia in honorem Iliae Prokopov sexagenario ab amicis et discipulis dedicata, Tirnovo, 2012, p. 197-259 (p. 213-214).