Miletus, silver, didrachms (294-281 BCE): Difference between revisions

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8119

294 BCE - 281 BCE Silver 6,872 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	monogram of the city (Greek).Lion standing to left, head reverted, star with eight rays above, monogram before, ZEYΞIΛEOΣ in exergue.

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.

294 BCE

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

281 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

6.50

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

didrachm

StandardStandard.:

Image

H226 Miletus didrachm.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° 4505, RQEMH3RQEMH, n° 226
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/miletus marcellesi 2004 31

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	21	60	21	27.27	3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35
2	5	14.29	10	12.99	2, 7, 11, 21, 25
3	2	5.71	6	7.79	5, 14
4	3	8.57	12	15.58	1, 18, 27
5	2	5.71	10	12.99	6, 8
8	1	2.86	8	10.39	31
10	1	2.86	10	12.99	32
Total	35 of 35	100	77 of 77	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	35	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	21
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	54	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	77
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2.2	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.43
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.54	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	60 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	52.86	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	1,057,200
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)	64.17	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00007
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	72.73%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	2,913.36
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	6,872 kg <br /> 6,872 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	7,283.39

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

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+|Image=H226 Miletus didrachm.jpeg
+|Image reference=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9258843
 |Obverse description=Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath.
 |Reverse legend=monogram of the city
 |Reverse legend language=Greek
+|Reverse description=Lion standing to left, head reverted; star with eight rays above, monogram before, ZEYΞIΛEOΣ in exergue.
 |Mint=Miletus
-|Date from=294
+|Ancient region=Ionia
-|Date to=281
+|Date from=294 BCE
+|Date to=281 BCE
 |Period=Hellenistic
 |Metal=Silver
 |Denomination=didrachm
-|Mode weight=6,50-9
+|Median weight=6.50
-|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=226
+|Die study reference=Deppert-Lippitz 1984
+|Coin series reference=Sear II, n° 4505; RQEMH, n° 226
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/miletus_marcellesi_2004_31
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 |Number of singletons=21
 |Number of reverse dies=54
 |Number of coins=77
+|Workstation=Most likely one single workstation
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