Damastium, silver, tetradrachms (360-323 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7621

360 - 323 Silver 20,741 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΔAMAΣTINΩN (Greek).

Mint and issuing power

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

Damastium

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Illyricum

Modern countryModern country: North Macedonia

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

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

323

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 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.:	tetradrachm	StandardStandard.:
Mode weightMode of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).:	12,7-89<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>",7-89" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.</li></ul>

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	J.M.F. May1J.M.F. May, The Coinage of Damastion and the Lesser Coinage of the Illyro-Paeonian Region. Oxford-Londres, 1939, groupes VII-X.
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	28	45.9	28	16.77	56, 59, 61, 66, 67, 68, 75, 76, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 99, 101, 103, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111
2	14	22.95	28	16.77	51, 52, 58, 65, 72, 78, 79, 80, 81, 87, 92, 102, 104, 107
3	6	9.84	18	10.78	55, 63, 70, 71, 74, 97
4	2	3.28	8	4.79	62, 96
5	2	3.28	10	5.99	53, 83
6	3	4.92	18	10.78	57, 73, 100
7	1	1.64	7	4.19	54
8	1	1.64	8	4.79	77
9	2	3.28	18	10.78	96, 98
10	1	1.64	10	5.99	60
14	1	1.64	14	8.38	64
Total	61 of 61	100.01	167 of 167	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	61	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	28
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	NC"NC" is not a number.	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	167
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2.74	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	45.9 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	81.02	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	1,620,400
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)	96.1	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00010
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	83.23%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	4,122.44
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 /> 20,741 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	10,306.1

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