Rhegium, silver, drachms (494-486 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7611

494 - 486 Silver 3,275 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	PECION

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region.:

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.

494

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

486

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic until 480 BC

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	Silver	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:	drachma	StandardStandard.:
Mode weightMode of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).:	5,55-74<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>",55-74" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.</li></ul>

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	M. Caccamo Caltabiano1M. Caccamo Caltabiano, La monetazione di Messana. Con le emissioni di Rhegion dell’eta della tirannide, AMUGS XIII, Berlin-New York, 1993, n° 1-35.
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	7	29.17	7	8.33	3, 4, 10, 16, 20, 22, 23
2	6	25	12	14.29	2, 5, 8, 13, 15, 17
3	4	16.67	12	14.29	11, 14, 19, 24
4	1	4.17	4	4.76	18
5	2	8.33	10	11.9	6, 7
8	1	4.17	8	9.52	12
9	1	4.17	9	10.71	21
10	1	4.17	10	11.9	1
12	1	4.17	12	14.29	2
Total	24 of 24	100.02	84 of 84	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	24	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	7
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	24	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	84
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	3.5	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	3.5
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) ᵖ	29.17 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	28.98	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	579,600
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)	33.6	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00014
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	91.67%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	5,797.1
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	0 kg <br /> 3,275 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	14,492.75

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