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|Image=AC30a Rhegium litra.jpg | |||
|Image reference=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2026801&AucID=4828&Lot=131 | |||
|Obverse description=Hare springing to right | |||
|Reverse legend=PEC | |Reverse legend=PEC | ||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Reverse description=REC within dotted circle | |||
|Mint=Rhegium | |Mint=Rhegium | ||
|Ancient region=Bruttium | |||
|Date from=494 BCE | |Date from=494 BCE | ||
|Date to=486 BCE | |Date to=486 BCE | ||
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|RQEM reference number=30a | |RQEM reference number=30a | ||
|Die study reference=Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, n° 36-42. | |Die study reference=Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, n° 36-42. | ||
|Coin series reference=RQEMAC, n° 30a | |Coin series reference=RQEMAC, n° 30a; HGC I, n° 1649; HN III, n° 1475 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn_italy.2475 | |||
|Number of obverse dies=7 | |Number of obverse dies=7 | ||
|Number of singletons=6 | |||
|Number of reverse dies=7 | |Number of reverse dies=7 | ||
|Number of coins=8 | |Number of coins=8 | ||
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Revision as of 18:19, 4 April 2023
494 BCE - 486 BCE Silver 756 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Hare springing to right |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | PEC (Greek).REC within dotted circle |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Rhegium | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Bruttium | 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 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 486 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic until 480 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 | 0.90 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | litra ![]() |
StandardStandard.: |
Image

AC30a Rhegium litra.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | Caccamo Caltabiano 19931Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, n° 36-42. | ||
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | RQEMAC2RQEMAC, n° 30a, HGC I3HGC I, n° 1649, HN III4HN III, n° 1475 | ||
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 6 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 7 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 8 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.14 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.14 |
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 | 85.71 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 42.01 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 840,200 |
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) | 56 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00001 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 25% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 380.86 |
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 | 756 kg <br /> 756 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 952.15 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Caccamo Caltabiano, Maria (1993), La monetazione di Messana. Con le emissioni di Rhegion dell’eta della tirannide, AMUGS XIII, Berlin-New York, xviii, 383 p., 94 pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ HGC I
- ^ HN III