S 320 - Poseidonia, silver, diobol, 350-300 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 9063

350 - 300 Silver 166 kg

Description

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

Mint and issuing power

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

Poseidonia

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Lucania

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.

350

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

300

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical and Hellenistic

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.:	diobol	StandardStandard.:
List of weightsList of the actual weights of a numismatic object (in grams).:	1.051.05 g <br />1,050 mg <br />, 1.061.06 g <br />1,060 mg <br />, 1.081.08 g <br />1,080 mg <br />, 1.121.12 g <br />1,120 mg <br />, 1.171.17 g <br />1,170 mg <br />, 1.231.23 g <br />1,230 mg <br />

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	L. Brousseau1L. Brousseau, Le monnayage d'argent de Poseidonia : une étude de coins sur les statères et les drachmes [Unpublished doctoral dissertation], Paris-Sorbonne University, 2003, p. 129, n° #352-#355.
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	50	2	28.57
2	1	25	2	28.57
3	1	25	3	42.86
Total	4 of 4	100	7 of 7	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	4	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	2
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	4	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	7
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.75	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.75
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	7.55	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	151,000
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)	9.33	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00005
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	71.43%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	1,854.3
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 /> 166 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	4,635.76

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