Miletus, silver, hemidrachms (225-190 BCE): Difference between revisions

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8182

225 BCE - 190 BCE Silver 7,070 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	monogram of the city (Greek).[Δ]ΕΙΝΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ Lion standing left, head to right, above, star, to left, monogram of MI, to right, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Miletus

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Ionia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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.

225 BCE

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

190 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic ^{323-30 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

2.40

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

hemidrachm

StandardStandard.:

Image

H230 Hemidrachm Miletus.jpeg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Deppert-Lippitz 19841Deppert-Lippitz 1984
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II2Sear II, n° 4508, RQEMH3RQEMH, n° 230
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/miletus marcellesi 2004 42

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	31	83.78	31	67.39	11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65
2	3	8.11	6	13.04	4, 10, 16
3	3	8.11	9	19.57	23, 30, 31
Total	37 of 37	100	46 of 46	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	37	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	31
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	41	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	46
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.24	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.12
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.11	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	83.78 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	147.3	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	2,946,000
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)	189.11	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00002
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	32.61%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	624.58
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	7,070 kg <br /> 7,070 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	1,561.44

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

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 {{Die Study
+|Image=H230 Hemidrachm Miletus.jpeg
+|Image reference=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9174725
 |Reverse legend=monogram of the city
 |Reverse legend language=Greek
+|Reverse description=[Δ]ΕΙΝΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ Lion standing left, head to right; above, star; to left, monogram of MI; to right, monogram.
 |Mint=Miletus
-|Date from=225
+|Ancient region=Ionia
-|Date to=190
+|Date from=225 BCE
+|Date to=190 BCE
 |Period=Hellenistic
 |Metal=Silver
 |Denomination=hemidrachm
-|Mode weight=2,30-49
+|Median weight=2.40
-|Die study reference=B. Deppert-Lippitz, Die Münzprägung Milets vom vierten bis ersten Jahrhundert v.Chr., Typos 5, Aarau-Francfort-Salzbourg, 1984.
 |RQEM reference=RQEMH
 |RQEM reference number=230
+|Die study reference=Deppert-Lippitz 1984
+|Coin series reference=Sear II, n° 4508; RQEMH, n° 230
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/miletus_marcellesi_2004_42
 |Number of obverse dies=37
 |Number of singletons=31
 |Number of reverse dies=41
 |Number of coins=46
+|Workstation=Most likely one single workstation
 }}
 {{Distribution Item
 |Frequency=1
 |Number of dies=31
+|Die name=11,12,13,14,15,17,18,22,24,25,28,29,34,35,36,37,39,40,41,42,43,44,46,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65
 }}
 {{Distribution Item
 |Frequency=2
 |Number of dies=3
+|Die name=4,10,16
 }}
 {{Distribution Item
 |Frequency=3
 |Number of dies=3
+|Die name=23,30,31
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