Pharsalus, silver, drachms (425-350 BCE): Difference between revisions

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8888

425 BCE - 350 BCE Silver 2,202 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Athena r., wearing crested Attic helmet with raised cheek pieces, behind neck, ΤΗ and ΙΠ
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΦAPΣ (Greek).Thessalian horseman prancing r., with petasus, chlamys and chiton, and holding a lagobolon over his r. shoulder, below, ΤΗ

Mint and issuing power

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

Pharsalus

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Thessaly

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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.

425 BCE

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

350 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

5.90

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

drachma

StandardStandard.:

Image

AC182 Pharsalus drachm.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Lavva 20011Lavva 2001, n° 78-109, 130-2, 137-8, 144-5, 152-9, 163
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear I2Sear I, n° 2190-2191, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 182, HGC 44HGC 4, n° 624
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pharsalus.lavva 2001.b.i.2-6.10.13.15.17.20

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).
2	3	15.79	6	1.9	40, 44, 46
3	1	5.26	3	0.95	76
9	2	10.53	18	5.7	45, 51
13	1	5.26	13	4.11	48
14	1	5.26	14	4.43	43
16	2	10.53	32	10.13	47, 65
19	1	5.26	19	6.01	73
20	1	5.26	20	6.33	50
21	1	5.26	21	6.65	42
22	1	5.26	22	6.96	68
24	1	5.26	24	7.59	41
25	1	5.26	25	7.91	49
31	1	5.26	31	9.81	72
34	2	10.53	68	21.52	52, 61
Total	19 of 19	99.98	316 of 316	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	19	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	NC"NC" is not a number.	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	316
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	16.63	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	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	18.66	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	373,200
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)	20.22	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00085
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	33,869.24
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	2,202 kg <br /> 2,202 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	84,673.1

Remarks

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-|Obverse description=Head of Athena right. Behind, letters.
+|Image=AC182 Pharsalus drachm.jpg
+|Image reference=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2107269&AucID=5023&Lot=62
+|Obverse description=Head of Athena r., wearing crested Attic helmet with raised cheek pieces; behind neck, ΤΗ and ΙΠ
 |Reverse legend=ΦAPΣ
 |Reverse legend language=Greek
+|Reverse description=Thessalian horseman prancing r., with petasus, chlamys and chiton, and holding a lagobolon over his r. shoulder; below, ΤΗ
 |Mint=Pharsalus
-|Date from=424
+|Ancient region=Thessaly
-|Date to=405/4
+|Date from=425 BCE
+|Date to=350 BCE
 |Period=Classical
 |Metal=Silver
 |Denomination=drachma
-|Mode weight=5,9-6,09
+|Median weight=5.90
-|Die study reference=S. Lavva, Die Münzprägung von Pharsalos, Saarbrücken, 2001, n° 78-109, 130-2, 137-8, 144-5, 152-9, 163.
 |RQEM reference=RQMAC
 |RQEM reference number=182
+|Die study reference=Lavva 2001, n° 78-109, 130-2, 137-8, 144-5, 152-9, 163
+|Coin series reference=Sear I, n° 2190-2191; RQEMAC, n° 182; HGC 4, n° 624
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pharsalus.lavva_2001.b.i.2-6.10.13.15.17.20
 |Number of obverse dies=19
 |Number of reverse dies=NC
 |Number of coins=316
-}}
-{{Distribution Item
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-|Number of dies=3
-|Die name=40,44,46
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+|Die name=45,51
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+|Frequency=25
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