Mesembria, silver, diobols (360-340 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 5124

360 BCE - 340 BCE Silver 3,047 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Crested Corinthian helmet facing.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	META (Greek).Spiked wheel. Between the spokes, monogram or letter.

Mint and issuing power

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

Mesembria

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria

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.

360 BCE

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

340 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 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

1.30

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

diobol

StandardStandard.:

Attic

Image

RQEM ad. 1182 - Mesembria, silver, diobol, 360-340 BC.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Karayotov 19941Karayotov 1994, p. 79-82, no. 13-140
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	40	61.54	40	33.9	2, 8, 12, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65
2	12	18.46	24	20.34	6, 11, 16, 18, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 34, 49, 53
3	5	7.69	15	12.71	10, 14, 19, 30, 50
4	4	6.15	16	13.56	5, 9, 13, 51
5	2	3.08	10	8.47	3, 4
6	1	1.54	6	5.08	7
7	1	1.54	7	5.93	1
Total	65 of 65	100	118 of 118	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	65	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	40
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	95	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	128
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.97	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.35
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.46	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	61.54 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	107.23	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	2,144,600
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)	132.06	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00005
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	68.75%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	2,387.39
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	2,788 kg <br /> 3,047 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	5,968.48

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