Segesta, silver, didrachms (412-400 BCE)
From SILVER
412 - 400 Silver 3,004 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΕΓΕΣΤΑZIB (Greek and Elymaic). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Segesta | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Sicily | 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. | 412 | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 400 | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | didrachm
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StandardStandard.: |
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | S. Mani Hurter1S. Mani Hurter, Die Didrachmenprägung von Segesta (mit einem Anhang der Hybriden, Teilstücke und Tetradrachmen sowie mit einem Überblick über die Bronzeprägung), Schweizer Studien zur Numismatik 1, Berne, 2008, n° 149-196, pl. 13-17. | ||
| 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). |
| 3 | 3 | 16.67 | 9 | 3.7 | 50;55;62 |
| 4 | 2 | 11.11 | 8 | 3.29 | 46;52 |
| 5 | 1 | 5.56 | 5 | 2.06 | 49 |
| 6 | 1 | 5.56 | 6 | 2.47 | 47 |
| 7 | 1 | 5.56 | 7 | 2.88 | 48 |
| 8 | 2 | 11.11 | 16 | 6.58 | 53;56 |
| 9 | 1 | 5.56 | 9 | 3.7 | 54 |
| 10 | 1 | 5.56 | 10 | 4.12 | 51 |
| 17 | 1 | 5.56 | 17 | 7 | 58 |
| 18 | 1 | 5.56 | 18 | 7.41 | 57 |
| 24 | 1 | 5.56 | 24 | 9.88 | 45 |
| 28 | 1 | 5.56 | 28 | 11.52 | 59 |
| 36 | 1 | 5.56 | 36 | 14.81 | 60 |
| 50 | 1 | 5.56 | 50 | 20.58 | 61 |
| Total | 18 of 18 | 100.05 | 243 of 243 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 18 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | ||
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 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 | % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | Expression error: Unexpected / operator. | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | |
| 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) | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00068 | |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | |
| 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 | 3,004 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ |
Remarks
References
- ^ S. Mani Hurter
