S 118 - Aradus (Ptolemy VI), silver, didrachms (180-145 BCE) Mørkholm
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Silver 6,237 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek). |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Aradus | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Syria (Phoenicia) | Modern countryModern country: Syria | 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 I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 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.: | didrachm ![]() |
StandardStandard.: | |
Mode weightMode of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).: | 6,9-7,09<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>",9-7,09" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.</li></ul> |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | O. Morkholm1O. Morkholm, "The Ptolemaic 'Coins of Uncertain Era' ", Nordisk Numismatik Arsskrift (1975/76), p. 23-58. | ||
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 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 5.08 | |
2 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 6.09 | |
3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3.05 | |
4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 12.18 | |
5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5.08 | |
6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 6.09 | |
7 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 14.21 | |
8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 8.12 | |
9 | 1 | 2.5 | 9 | 4.57 | |
10 | 1 | 2.5 | 10 | 5.08 | |
12 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 12.18 | |
16 | 1 | 2.5 | 16 | 8.12 | |
20 | 1 | 2.5 | 20 | 10.15 | |
Total | 40 of 40 | 100 | 197 of 197 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 40 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 10 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 197 | |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 4.93 | 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 | 25 % | |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 44.55 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 891,000 |
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) | 50.19 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00022 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 94.92% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 8,844 |
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 /> 6,237 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 22,109.99 |
Remarks
References
- ^ O. Morkholm