S 1906 - Oxus (uncertain mint) (Sophytes), silver, hemidrachms (246-235 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 13284

246 BCE - 235 BCE Silver 8,000 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Male head to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with a laurel wreath on the bowl and a wing on the cheek guard
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΣΩΦΥΤΟΥ (Greek).Rooster standing to right, in field to left, kerykeion

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Oxus (uncertain mint)

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:

Sophytes, Bactrian Kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

246 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

235 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Silver

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.:

hemidrachm

StandardStandard.:

Attic

Image

S1906 Sophytes hemidrachm Male head.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Jansari 20181Jansari 2018, p. 96
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HGC 122HGC 12, n° 15

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	4	100	4	100	1, 2, 3, 4
Total	4 of 4	100	4 of 4	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	4	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	4
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	3	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	4
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.33
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	100 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	235.29	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	4,705,800
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)		Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00000
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	0%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	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) ^ᵖ	8,000 kg <br /> 8,000 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	85

Remarks

References

^ Jansari, Sushma (2018), "The Sophytes Coins: from the Punjab to Bactria and back again", Numismatic Chronicle, 178, p. 71-98.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2013), Handbook of coins of Baktria and ancient India : including Sogdiana, Margiana, Areia, and the Indo-Greek, Indo-Skythian, and native Indian states south of the Hindu Kush, fifth century BC to first century, Lancaster-London,