Damastium, silver, tetrobols (360-323 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7968

360 - 323 Silver 1,902 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Apollo left or right, wearing laurel wreath.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΔAMAΣTINΩN (Greek).Tripod.

Mint and issuing power

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

Damastium

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Illyricum

Modern countryModern country: North Macedonia

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.

360

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

323

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	Silver	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:	tetrobol	StandardStandard.:
Mode weightMode of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).:	1,9<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>",9" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.</li></ul>

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	J.M.F. May1J.M.F. May, The Coinage of Damastion and the Lesser Coinage of the Illyro-Paeonian Region, Oxford-Londres, 1939, groupes VII-X.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

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	15	68.18	15	44.12	8, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29
2	5	22.73	10	29.41	13, 15, 19, 23, 26
4	1	4.55	4	11.76	14
5	1	4.55	5	14.71	9
Total	22 of 22	100.01	34 of 34	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	22	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	15
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	NC"NC" is not a number.	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	34
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.55	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	68.18 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	50.06	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	1,001,200
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)	62.33	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	55.88%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	1,358.37
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	0 kg <br /> 1,902 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	3,395.92

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