Megalopolis, silver, triobols (195-182 BCE): Difference between revisions

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7824

310 BCE - 235 BCE Silver 2,201 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Megalopolis

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Peloponnesus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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.

310 BCE

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

235 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

2.70

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

triobol

StandardStandard.:

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	J. A. Dengate1J. A. Dengate, "The Triobols of Megalopolis", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes 13 (1967), p. 57-110, pl. 20-28.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear I2Sear I, n° 2719, RQEMH3RQEMH, n° 175

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	12	35.29	12	9.84	4, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 25, 27, A1, A7
2	5	14.71	10	8.2	11, 15, 22, 23, A6
3	5	14.71	15	12.3	1, 3, 18, 26, A3
4	1	2.94	4	3.28	A4
5	2	5.88	10	8.2	2, 6
6	3	8.82	18	14.75	12, 24, A5
8	4	11.76	32	26.23	5, 17, 21, A2
10	1	2.94	10	8.2	10
11	1	2.94	11	9.02	8
Total	34 of 34	99.99	122 of 122	100.02

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	34	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	12
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	57	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	123
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	3.62	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	2.16
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.68	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	35.29 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	40.67	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	813,400
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)	46.99	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00015
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	90.24%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	6,048.68
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	2,196 kg <br /> 2,201 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	15,121.71

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

^ J. A. Dengate
^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.

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