Myrina, silver, tetradrachms (150-140 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8154

150 - 140 Silver 36,932 kg

Description

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

Mint and issuing power

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

Myrina

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Aeolis

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.

150

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

140

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 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.:	tetradrachm	StandardStandard.:
Mode weightMode of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).:	16,50-79<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>",50-79" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.</li></ul>

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	K S. Sacks1K S. Sacks, "The Wreathed Coins of Aeolian Myrina", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes 30 (1985), p. 1-43, pl. 1-22.
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	22	22.68	22	5.3	9, 14, 29, 36, 45, 47, 48, 49, 52, 55, 61, 65, 73, 75, 78, 79, 83, 84, 86, 92, 94, 97
2	20	20.62	40	9.64	3, 7, 16, 22, 26, 43, 51, 59, 62, 63, 71, 74, 77, 80, 82, 85, 88, 89, 90, 96
3	13	13.4	39	9.4	5, 23, 35, 50, 54, 64, 68, 69, 72, 81, 87, 91, 93
4	14	14.43	56	13.49	1, 8, 13, 15, 34, 41, 42, 44, 46, 53, 70, 76, 95, 98
5	4	4.12	20	4.82	6, 12, 24, 31
6	5	5.15	30	7.23	30, 38, 39, 60, 67
7	3	3.09	21	5.06	17, 40, 58
8	6	6.19	48	11.57	4, 18, 20, 32, 56, 57
9	2	2.06	18	4.34	2, 37
11	2	2.06	22	5.3	8, 19
13	2	2.06	26	6.27	10, 28
15	1	1.03	15	3.61	21
16	1	1.03	16	3.86	25
19	1	1.03	19	4.58	33
23	1	1.03	23	5.54	66
Total	97 of 97	99.98	415 of 415	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	97	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	22
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	NC"NC" is not a number.	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	415
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	4.28	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	22.68 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	111.24	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	2,224,800
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)	126.59	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00019
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	94.7%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	7,461.34
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 /> 36,932 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	18,653.36

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