S 310 - Poseidonia, silver, staters (475-420 BCE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 9014


475 BCE - 420 BCE Silver 14,621 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΠΟΣΕ (Greek).Poseidon striding to right, brandishing trident and with chlamys over his shoulders.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Various legends : ΠΟΣ, ΠΟΣΕ, ΠΟΣΕI, ΠΟΣΕIΔ, ΠΟΣΕIΔA, ΠΟΣΕIΔAN, ΠΟΣΕIΔANIA or ΠΟΣΕIΔANIATAΣ (Greek).Bull standing left on dotted ground line.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Poseidonia Ancient regionAncient region.: Lucania Modern countryModern country: Italy 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. 475 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 420 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 8.00 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org, didrachm Nomisma.org, nomos StandardStandard.:
Image
S 310 - Poseidonia, silver, stater, 475-420 BC.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Brousseau 20091Brousseau 2009, p. 323-365 (O1-O89)
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1116



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 12 13.48 12 1.52 11;18;24;43;59;62;63;64;77;79;83;85
2 12 13.48 24 3.04 17;19;20;34;37;39;47;49;50;71;84;86
3 7 7.87 21 2.66 4;15;25;26;40;82;87
4 5 5.62 20 2.53 13;22;28;41;53
5 6 6.74 30 3.8 5;10;14;46;67;78
6 3 3.37 18 2.28 7;45;88
7 4 4.49 28 3.55 21;35;48;76
8 6 6.74 48 6.08 12;27;29;55;57;73
9 3 3.37 27 3.42 3;58;89
10 4 4.49 40 5.07 2;44;70;81
11 4 4.49 44 5.58 32;33;51;65
12 2 2.25 24 3.04 6;66
13 2 2.25 26 3.3 60;69
14 3 3.37 42 5.32 72;74;75
15 1 1.12 15 1.9 38
16 1 1.12 16 2.03 52
17 2 2.25 34 4.31 9;54
20 2 2.25 40 5.07 42;68
21 1 1.12 21 2.66 56
22 1 1.12 22 2.79 31
23 2 2.25 46 5.83 1;23
27 1 1.12 27 3.42 61
28 1 1.12 28 3.55 16
30 1 1.12 30 3.8 25
34 1 1.12 34 4.31 8
35 1 1.12 35 4.44 80
37 1 1.12 37 4.69 36
Total 89 of 89 99.96 789 of 789 99.99
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 89 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  12
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 125 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 789
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 8.87 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 6.31
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.4 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  13.48 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  91.38 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  1,827,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 100.32 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00043
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 98.48% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  17,268.55
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  14,621 kg <br /> 14,621 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  43,171.37
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Brousseau, Louis (2009), Poseidonia de 600 à 273 av. J.-C. Etude de numismatique et d'histoire, I: Texte et planches; II: Catalogue, index et annexes, PhD, Paris.
  2. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.