S 1634 - Macedonia (uncertain mint), silver, double sigloi (500 BCE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 11281


500 BCE - 500 BCE Silver 241 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Bearded head l. with Corinthian helmet
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Incuse lyre
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Macedonia (uncertain mint) Ancient regionAncient region.: Macedonia 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:
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.. 500 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic until 480 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 9.50 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: StandardStandard.: double siglos
Image
S1634 Calymna Macedonia.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Wartenberg 1998b1Wartenberg 1998b
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear II2Sear II, n° 3541



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).
3 1 100 3 100 1
Total 1 of 1 100 3 of 3 100
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 1 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. 
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 1 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 3
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 3 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 3
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)  %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  1.27 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  25,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 1.5 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00012
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.  4,724.41
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  241 kg <br /> 241 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  11,811.02
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Wartenberg, Ute (1998), "Calymna calumniated – a nineteenth-century misattribution?", in Richard Ashton and Sylvia Hurter (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in Memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, 1998, p. 363-371, pl. 76-77.
  2. ^  Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762