Segesta, silver, didrachms (412-400 BCE)

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|Reverse legend=ΣΕΓΕΣΤΑZIB
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|Image=S 723 - Segesta, silver, didrachm, 412-400 BC.jpg
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|Reverse legend language=Greek and Elymaic
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|Image reference=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2080948&AucID=4952&Lot=114
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|Obverse legend=ΣΕΓΕΣΤΑZIB
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|Obverse legend language=Greek; Elymaic
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|Obverse description=Hound scenting to right, three grain ears behind, ΣEΓEΣTAΞI[B] (retrograde, Γ also inverted) in relief within linear frame below, all within circular dotted border
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|Reverse description=Diademed head of Aigeste to right, wearing decorated sphendone, within shallow circular incuse
 
|Mint=Segesta
 
|Mint=Segesta
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|Date from=412
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|Date from=412 BCE
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|Date to=400
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|Date to=400 BCE
 
|Period=Classical
 
|Period=Classical
 
|Metal=Silver
 
|Metal=Silver
 
|Denomination=didrachm
 
|Denomination=didrachm
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|Die study reference=S. 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.
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|Median weight=8.40
 
|RQEM reference=RQEM ad.
 
|RQEM reference=RQEM ad.
 
|RQEM reference number=723
 
|RQEM reference number=723
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|Die study reference=Hurter 2008, n° 149-196, pl. 13-17.
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|Coin series reference=HGC 2, n° 1152
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|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/segesta.hurter_2008.149-178; https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/segesta.hurter_2008.179-184; https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/segesta.hurter_2008.185-186; https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/segesta.hurter_2008.187-196
 
|Number of obverse dies=18
 
|Number of obverse dies=18
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|Number of reverse dies=25
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|Number of coins=243
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|Workstation=Most likely more than 2 workstations
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{{Distribution Item
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|Frequency=3
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|Number of dies=3
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|Die name=50;55;62
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|Frequency=4
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|Number of dies=2
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|Die name=46;52
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|Frequency=5
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|Number of dies=1
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|Die name=49
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|Frequency=6
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|Number of dies=1
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|Die name=47
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|Frequency=7
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|Number of dies=1
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|Die name=48
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|Frequency=8
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|Number of dies=2
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|Die name=53;56
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|Frequency=9
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|Number of dies=1
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|Die name=54
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|Frequency=10
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|Number of dies=1
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|Die name=51
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|Frequency=17
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|Die name=45
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|Frequency=28
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|Die name=59
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|Frequency=36
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|Number of dies=1
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|Die name=60
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|Frequency=50
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|Die name=61
 
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Latest revision as of 06:51, 26 July 2023

Die Studies Database
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 9049


412 BCE - 400 BCE Silver 3,004 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΣΕΓΕΣΤΑZIB (Greek; Elymaic).Hound scenting to right, three grain ears behind, ΣEΓEΣTAΞI[B] (retrograde, Γ also inverted) in relief within linear frame below, all within circular dotted border
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Diademed head of Aigeste to right, wearing decorated sphendone, within shallow circular incuse
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 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 8.40 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard.:
Image
S 723 - Segesta, silver, didrachm, 412-400 BC.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Hurter 20081Hurter 2008, n° 149-196, pl. 13-17.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1152
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:



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) 25 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 243
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 13.5 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 9.72
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.39 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 17.88 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ 357,600
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) 19.44 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 27,181.21
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 <br /> 3,004 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ 67,953.02
Remarks

Most likely more than 2 workstations

References

  1. ^  Hurter, Silvia (2008), Die Didrachmenprägung von Segesta (mit einem Anhang der Hybriden, Teilstücke und Tetradrachmen sowie mit einem Überblick über die Bronzeprägung), Schweizer Studien zur Numismatik 1, Bern, 2008, 235 p., 27 cm
  2. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.

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