S 666 - Alexandria, gold, mnaieion

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8975

180 BCE - 116 BCE Gold 341,412 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.:

Alexandria

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Egypt

Modern countryModern country: Egypt

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:

Ptolemy VI Philometor (Ptolemaic king, 180-145 BC), Ptolemy VIII Physcon (169-164, 144-132/1 and 126-116 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

180 BCE

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

116 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Gold

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

27.60

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

mnaieion

StandardStandard.:

Ptolemaic

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	J. Olivier1J. Olivier, Archè et Chrèmata en Egypte au IIe siècle avant J.-C. (204-81 av. J.-C.). Etude de numismatique et d'histoire [Unpublished doctoral dissertation], Orléans University, 2012, p. 168-174, no. 3360-3383 and 3403-3570.
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	18	34.62	18	9.38	D1, D5, D6, D10, D11, D12, D13, D20, D23, D24, D30, D31, D38, D45, D47, D50, D55, D56
2	11	21.15	22	11.46	D3, D4, D9, D28, D29, D36, D40, D43, D51, D52, D54
3	7	13.46	21	10.94	D7, D19, D26, D34, D37, D41, D48
4	5	9.62	20	10.42	D2, D8, D18, D35, D53
5	1	1.92	5	2.6	D21
6	2	3.85	12	6.25	D22, D27
7	2	3.85	14	7.29	D33, D49
8	1	1.92	8	4.17	D32
9	1	1.92	9	4.69	D32
11	1	1.92	11	5.73	D39
12	1	1.92	12	6.25	D46
16	1	1.92	16	8.33	D42
24	1	1.92	24	12.5	D25
Total	52 of 52	99.99	192 of 192	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	52	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	18
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	148	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	192
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	3.69	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.3
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	2.85	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	34.62 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	61.85	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	1,237,000
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)	71.31	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00016
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	90.63%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	6,208.57
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	341,412 kg <br /> 341,412 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	15,521.42

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