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|Metal=Silver
|Metal=Silver
|Denomination=didrachm; stater; nomos
|Denomination=didrachm; stater; nomos
|Median weight=7.80
|Median weight=7.90
|RQEM reference=RQEMH
|RQEM reference=RQEMH
|RQEM reference number=5
|RQEM reference number=5
|Die study reference=Johnston 1990
|Die study reference=Johnston 1990
|Coin series reference=Sear I, n° 415-418; RQEMH, n° 5; HN Italy, n° 1580-1593; HGC 1, n° 1063-1068
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn_italy.1584; https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn_italy.1585-1593
|Number of obverse dies=135
|Number of obverse dies=135
|Number of singletons=44
|Number of singletons=44
|Number of reverse dies=NC
|Number of reverse dies=NC
|Number of coins=307
|Number of coins=307
|Purpose=Likely military
}}
{{Distribution Item
|Frequency=1
|Number of dies=44
|Die name=B2.6;B2.7;B2.13;B2.16;B2.34;B2.35;B2.36;B3.17;B3.22;B4.3;B4.4;C1.1;C1.18;B2.23;B2.23;C1.65;C2.1;C3.3;C4.28;C5.15;C6.1;C6.9;C8.9;C8.16;C9.1;D1.4;D2.1;D2.2;D2.5;D2.8;D3.1;D3.2;D3.9;D3.10;D3.11;D4.1;D4.2;D4.6;D4.7;D4.18;D4.19;D5.1;D5.2
}}
{{Distribution Item
|Frequency=2
|Number of dies=44
|Die name=B2.4;B2.11;B2.14;B2.17;B2.19;B2.21;B2.23;B3.1;B3.3;B3.20;B3.23;B4.1;C1.5;C1.7;C1.34;C1.53;C1.66;C1.68;C3.1;C4.7;C4.9;C4.11;C4.16;C5.8;C5.10;C6.13;C6.15;C7.1;C7.3;C7.5;C8.1;C8.14;C8.17;C9.2;C10.1;C10.3;C11.1;C11.3;D2.3;D2.6;D4.4;D4.11;D4.13;D5.3
}}
{{Distribution Item
|Frequency=3
|Number of dies=30
|Die name=B2.1;B2.8;B3.5;B3.8;B3.11;B3.25;C1.2;C1.45;C1.70;C2.2;C4.1;C4.4;C4.13;C4.18;C4.25;C5.5;C5.12;C5.16;C6.6;C6.10;C7.7;C8.3;C8.6;C11.5;D1.1;D3.3;D3.6;D4.8;D4.15;D5.5
}}
{{Distribution Item
|Frequency=4
|Number of dies=9
|Die name=C1.14;C1.30;C1.48;C1.55;C4.21;C5.1;C6.2;C8.10;C11.8
}}
{{Distribution Item
|Frequency=5
|Number of dies=4
|Die name=B3.14;C1.9;C1.19;C2.5
}}
{{Distribution Item
|Frequency=6
|Number of dies=2
|Die name=C1.24;C1.59
}}
{{Distribution Item
|Frequency=8
|Number of dies=1
|Die name=CI.37
}}
{{Distribution Item
|Frequency=9
|Number of dies=1
|Die name=B2.25
}}
{{Distribution Item
|Frequency=9
|Number of dies=1
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 12:59, 23 May 2023

Die Studies Database
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 4863


330 BCE - 280 BCE Silver 31,496 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Various heads. Head of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of barley ears and triple-pendant earring
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: META (Greek).Ear of barley, with leaf to right, above leaf, plough to right
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Metapontum Ancient regionAncient region.: Lucania 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. 330 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 280 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 7.90 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm Nomisma.org, stater Nomisma.org, nomos StandardStandard.:
Image
RQEMH 5 - Metapontum, silver, stater, 330-280 BC.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Johnston 19901Johnston 1990
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear I2Sear I, n° 415-418, RQEMH3RQEMH, n° 5, HN Italy4HN Italy, n° 1580-1593, HGC 15HGC 1, n° 1063-1068
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:



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 44 32.59 44 14.33 B2.6;B2.7;B2.13;B2.16;B2.34;B2.35;B2.36;B3.17;B3.22;B4.3;B4.4;C1.1;C1.18;B2.23;B2.23;C1.65;C2.1;C3.3;C4.28;C5.15;C6.1;C6.9;C8.9;C8.16;C9.1;D1.4;D2.1;D2.2;D2.5;D2.8;D3.1;D3.2;D3.9;D3.10;D3.11;D4.1;D4.2;D4.6;D4.7;D4.18;D4.19;D5.1;D5.2
2 44 32.59 88 28.66 B2.4;B2.11;B2.14;B2.17;B2.19;B2.21;B2.23;B3.1;B3.3;B3.20;B3.23;B4.1;C1.5;C1.7;C1.34;C1.53;C1.66;C1.68;C3.1;C4.7;C4.9;C4.11;C4.16;C5.8;C5.10;C6.13;C6.15;C7.1;C7.3;C7.5;C8.1;C8.14;C8.17;C9.2;C10.1;C10.3;C11.1;C11.3;D2.3;D2.6;D4.4;D4.11;D4.13;D5.3
3 30 22.22 90 29.32 B2.1;B2.8;B3.5;B3.8;B3.11;B3.25;C1.2;C1.45;C1.70;C2.2;C4.1;C4.4;C4.13;C4.18;C4.25;C5.5;C5.12;C5.16;C6.6;C6.10;C7.7;C8.3;C8.6;C11.5;D1.1;D3.3;D3.6;D4.8;D4.15;D5.5
4 9 6.67 36 11.73 C1.14;C1.30;C1.48;C1.55;C4.21;C5.1;C6.2;C8.10;C11.8
5 4 2.96 20 6.51 B3.14;C1.9;C1.19;C2.5
6 2 1.48 12 3.91 C1.24;C1.59
8 1 0.74 8 2.61 CI.37
9 1 0.74 9 2.93
9 1 0.74 9 2.93 B2.25
Total 136 of 135 100.73 316 of 307 102.93
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) 135 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ 44
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) NC"NC" is not a number. Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 307
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 2.27 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 32.59 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ 199.34 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ 3,986,800
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) 240.96 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ 0.00008
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) 85.67% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ 3,080.16
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 31,496 kg <br /> 31,496 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ 7,700.41
Remarks
Likely military

References

  1. ^  Johnston, Ann (1990), The Coinage of Metapontum. Part 3, Numismatic Notes and Monographs, 164, New York.
  2. ^  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
  3. ^  Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
  4. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  5. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm

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