S 1435 - Dyrrhachium, silver, drachma, 230-168 BC

Latest revision as of 16:10, 23 May 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8744

230 BCE - 168 BCE Silver 9,736 kg

Description

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

Mint and issuing power

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

Dyrrhachium

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Illyricum

Modern countryModern country: Albania

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.

230 BCE

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

168 BCE

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

Physical description

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

Silver

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

3.80

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

drachma

StandardStandard.:

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Meta 20151Meta 2015, (series III, phase II - p. 61-130 du catalogue).
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	35	40.7	35	18.13	D1 (issue 12), D3 (issue 12), D5 (issue 12), D2 (issue 13), D4 (issue 13), D6 (issue 13), D11 (issue 13), D12 (issue 13), D3 (issue 14), D5 (issue 14), D7 (issue 14), D9 (issue 14), D4 (issue 15), D8 (issue 15), D9 (issue 15), D13 (issue 15), D16 (issue 15), D17 (issue 15), D19 (issue 15), D21 (issue 15), D1 (issue 16), D2 (issue 16), D5 (issue 16), D8 (issue 17), D10 (issue 17), D2 (issue 18), D3 (issue 18), D9 (issue 18), D10 (issue 18), D11 (issue 18), D15 (issue 18), D18 (issue 18), D1 (issue 19), D2 (issue 19), D3 (issue 19)
2	23	26.74	46	23.83	D2 (issue 12), D4 (issue 12), D1 (issue 13), D5 (issue 13), D9 (issue 13), D10 (issue 13), D2 (issue 14), D6 (issue 14), D8 (issue 14), D12 (issue 14), D1 (issue 15), D5 (issue 15), D3 (issue 16), D1 (issue 17), D2 (issue 17), D3 (issue 17), D7 (issue 17), D9 (issue 17), D11 (issue 17), D17 (issue 17), D5 (issue 18), D8 (issue 18), D16 (issue 18)
3	15	17.44	45	23.32	D7 (issue 13), D4 (issue 14), D10 (issue 14), D12 (issue 15), D18 (issue 15), D4 (issue 16), D4 (issue 17), D5 (issue 17), D12 (issue 17), D16 (issue 17), D18 (issue 17), D4 (issue 18), D6 (issue 18), D7 (issue 18), D14 (issue 18)
4	7	8.14	28	14.51	D1 (issue 14), D3 (issue 15), D6 (issue 15), D10 (issue 15), D11 (issue 15), D14 (issue 17), D15 (issue 17)
5	2	2.33	10	5.18	D2 (issue 15), D20 (issue 15)
6	2	2.33	12	6.22	D14 (issue 15), D12 (issue 18)
7	1	1.16	7	3.63	D15 (issue 15)
9	1	1.16	9	4.66
Total	86 of 86	100	192 of 193	99.48

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	86	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	35
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	90	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	193
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2.24	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	2.14
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.05	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	40.7 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	128.11	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	2,562,200
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)	155.12	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00008
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	81.87%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	3,013.04
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	9,736 kg <br /> 9,736 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	7,532.59

Remarks

References

^ Meta, Albana (2015), Le monnayage en argent de Dyrrachion. 375-60/55 av. J.-C., Athens, 405 p.

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 |Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Mint=Dyrrhachium
-|Date from=230
+|Ancient region=Illyricum
-|Date to=168
+|Date from=230 BCE
+|Date to=168 BCE
 |Period=Hellenistic
 |Metal=Silver
 |Denomination=drachma
-|Die study reference=A. Méta, Le monnayage en argent de Dyrrachion. 375-60/55 av. J.-C., Athènes, 2015 (series III, phase II - p. 61-130 du catalogue).
+|Median weight=3.80
 |RQEM reference=RQEM ad.
 |RQEM reference number=1435
+|Die study reference=Meta 2015, (series III, phase II - p. 61-130 du catalogue).
 |Number of obverse dies=86
 |Number of singletons=35
+|Number of reverse dies=90
+|Number of coins=193
 |Number of unidentified obverse dies=1
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 |Number of unidentified reverse dies=0
-|Number of coins=193
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+}}
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+{{Distribution Item
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