S 611 - Salamis (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (180-170 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 9098

180 BCE - 170 BCE Silver 3,796 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Ptolemy I Soter to right, wearing diadem and aegis around neck.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΣΟΤΗΡΟΣ (Greek).Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt. In field, date and 1) pilei and a diademed petasos or a thyrsos, 2) Isis crown (and a star) or 3) Horus crown.

Mint and issuing power

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

Salamis

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy VI Philometor (Ptolemaic king, 180-145 BC)

Chronology

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

180 BCE

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

170 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

14.10

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard.:

Ptolemaic

Image

S 611 Salamis Ptolemy VI Tetradrachm 180-170.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Olivier 20121Olivier 2012, p. 60-79, n° 243-299.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

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	5	41.67	5	8.77	52, 57, 58, 59, 62
2	1	8.33	2	3.51	55
3	2	16.67	6	10.53	51, 61
6	1	8.33	6	10.53	53
10	1	8.33	10	17.54	60
14	2	16.67	28	49.12	54, 56
Total	12 of 12	100	57 of 57	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	12	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	5
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	28	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	57
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	4.75	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	2.04
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	2.33	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	41.67 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	13.46	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	269,200
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)	15.2	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00021
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	91.23%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	8,469.54
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	3,796 kg <br /> 3,796 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	21,173.85

Remarks

Likely military