S 1246 - Bactria (uncertain mint B) (Euthydemus), silver, hemidrachms (230-200 BCE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 9346


230 BCE - 200 BCE Silver 4,706 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of king Euthydemus right, wearing diadem. Border of dots.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ (Greek).Heracles seated on rock left, naked, holding club, resting on separate pile of rocks. In field, monogram. Border of dots.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Bactria (uncertain mint B) Ancient regionAncient region.: Bactria Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan 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: Euthydemus I of Bactria (satrap of Sogdiana and Greco-Bactrian king, c. 230-c. 200 BC), Bactrian Kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 230 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 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 2.00 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Glenn 20201Glenn 2020, p. 241, no. 13-14.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear II2Sear II, n° 7520



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 2 100 2 100 12, 13
Total 2 of 2 100 2 of 2 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 2 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  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)  100 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  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.  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  (O) Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00000
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 0% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  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)  4,706 kg <br /> 4,706 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  85
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Glenn, Simon (2020), Money and Power in Hellenistic Bactria: Euthydemus I to Antimachus I, Numismatic Studies 43, New York, 2020, 394 p., 106 pl.
  2. ^  Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762