Velia, silver, didrachms (290-280/75 BCE): Difference between revisions

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8201

290 BCE - 275 BCE Silver 2,513 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Athena right or left, wearing crested Attic helmet. Border of dots.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	YEΛITΩN (Greek).Lion attacking stag to left, YEΛHTON behind.

Mint and issuing power

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

Velia

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.

290 BCE

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

275 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

7.50

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

didrachm

StandardStandard.:

Image

H 8 - Velia, silver, didrachm, 290-280-75 BC.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Williams 19921Williams 1992
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear I2Sear I, n° 461, RQEMH3RQEMH, n° 8, HN Italy4HN Italy, n° 1318, HGC 15HGC 1, n° 1326

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	1	5.88	1	0.38	289
3	1	5.88	3	1.14	287
6	1	5.88	6	2.27	277
7	1	5.88	7	2.65	282
9	1	5.88	9	3.41	285
12	2	11.76	24	9.09	274, 279
16	1	5.88	16	6.06	280
17	1	5.88	17	6.44	275
19	3	17.65	57	21.59	273, 276, 283
20	1	5.88	20	7.58	281
21	2	11.76	42	15.91	278, 288
23	1	5.88	23	8.71	284
39	1	5.88	39	14.77	286
Total	17 of 17	99.97	264 of 264	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	17	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	1
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	30	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	264
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	15.53	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	8.8
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.76	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	5.88 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	16.75	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	335,000
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)	18.17	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00079
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	99.62%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	31,522.39
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	2,513 kg <br /> 2,513 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	78,805.97

Remarks

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+|Image reference=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2000330&AucID=4751&Lot=1012
 |Obverse description=Head of Athena right or left, wearing crested Attic helmet. Border of dots.
 |Reverse legend=YEΛITΩN
 |Reverse legend language=Greek
+|Reverse description=Lion attacking stag to left; YEΛHTON behind.
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-|Date from=290
+|Ancient region=Lucania
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+|Date from=290 BCE
+|Date to=275 BCE
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 |Metal=Silver
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-|Mode weight=7,40-59
+|Median weight=7.50
-|Die study reference=R. T. Williams, The Silver Coinage of Velia, RNS Spec. Publ. 25, Londres, 1992.
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+|Die study reference=Williams 1992
+|Coin series reference=Sear I, n° 461; RQEMH, n° 8; HN Italy, n° 1318; HGC 1, n° 1326
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