Phaselis, silver, tetrobols (500-440 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7707

500 - 440 Silver 779 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΦAΣ (Greek).

Mint and issuing power

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

Phaselis

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Lycia

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.

500

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

440

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic and Classical

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).:	3,3-49<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>",3-49" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.</li></ul>

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Ch. Heipp-Tamer1Ch. Heipp-Tamer, Die Münzprägung der lykischen Stadt Phaselis in griechischer Zeit, Saarbrücken, 1993, n° 56-70, p. 132, pl. III-IV.
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	2	22.22	2	7.41	39, 41
2	1	11.11	2	7.41	40
3	2	22.22	6	22.22	42, 45
4	3	33.33	12	44.44	37, 38, 44
5	1	11.11	5	18.52	43
Total	9 of 9	99.99	27 of 27	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	9	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	2
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	10	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	27
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	3	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	2.7
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.11	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	22.22 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	11.46	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	229,200
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)	13.5	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00012
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	92.59%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	4,712.04
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 /> 779 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	11,780.1

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