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|Reverse legend language=Greek | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Reverse description=Artemis standing facing, wearing chiton and radiate crown, taking arrow from quiver with right hand, holding bow in left hand. In left field, monogram. | |Reverse description=Artemis standing facing, wearing chiton and radiate crown, taking arrow from quiver with right hand, holding bow in left hand. In left field, monogram. | ||
|Mint= | |Mint=Bactria (uncertain mint) | ||
|Authority=Demetrius I (Indo-Greek king, c. 200–180 BC) | |Ancient region=Bactria | ||
|Authority=Bactrian Kingdom; Demetrius I (Indo-Greek king, c. 200–180 BC) | |||
|Date from=200 BCE | |||
|Date to=180 BCE | |||
|Period=Hellenistic | |||
|Metal=Bronze | |Metal=Bronze | ||
|Denomination=2 units | |Denomination=2 units | ||
| | |Median weight=7.50 | ||
|RQEM reference=RQEM ad. | |RQEM reference=RQEM ad. | ||
|RQEM reference number=1255 | |RQEM reference number=1255 | ||
|Die study reference=Glenn 2020, p. 275-279, no. 1-71. | |||
|Number of obverse dies=35 | |Number of obverse dies=35 | ||
|Number of singletons=21 | |Number of singletons=21 | ||
|Number of reverse dies=58 | |||
|Number of coins=72 | |||
|Number of unidentified obverse dies=0 | |Number of unidentified obverse dies=0 | ||
|Number of unidentified reverse dies=0 | |Number of unidentified reverse dies=0 | ||
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|Number of dies=1 | |Number of dies=1 | ||
|Die name=O31 | |Die name=O31 | ||
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|Frequency=1 | |||
|Number of dies=21 | |||
|Die name=O7,O8,O9,O10,O11,O12,O14,O18,O19,O20,O21,O22,O23,O24,O25,O27,O28,O30,O32,O34,O35 | |||
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|Frequency=13 | |||
|Number of dies=1 | |||
|Die name=O33 | |||
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|Die name=R1,R2,R3,R4,R5,R6,R7,R8,R9,R10,R11,R12,R13,R14,R15,R16,R17,R18,R19,R20,R21,R22,R23,R24,R25,R26,R27,R28,R29,R30,R31,R32,R33,R34,R35,R36,R37,R38,R39,R40,R41,R42,R43,R44,R45,R46,R47,R48,R49,R50,R51,R52,R53,R54,R55,R56,R57,R58 | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:07, 19 May 2023
200 BCE - 180 BCE Bronze
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Heracles right, club over shoulder. Border of dots. |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (Greek).Artemis standing facing, wearing chiton and radiate crown, taking arrow from quiver with right hand, holding bow in left hand. In left field, monogram. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Bactria (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Bactria | Modern countryModern country: Afghanistan | 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: | Bactrian Kingdom, Demetrius I (Indo-Greek king, c. 200–180 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 200 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 180 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Bronze | Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 7.50 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | 2 units | StandardStandard.: |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | Glenn 20201 | ||
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 | 21 | 60 | 21 | 29.17 | O7, O8, O9, O10, O11, O12, O14, O18, O19, O20, O21, O22, O23, O24, O25, O27, O28, O30, O32, O34, O35 |
2 | 8 | 22.86 | 16 | 22.22 | O1, O2, O5, O6, O13, O17, O26, O29 |
3 | 2 | 5.71 | 6 | 8.33 | O15, O16 |
4 | 2 | 5.71 | 8 | 11.11 | O3, O4 |
8 | 1 | 2.86 | 8 | 11.11 | O31 |
13 | 1 | 2.86 | 13 | 18.06 | O33 |
Total | 35 of 35 | 100 | 72 of 72 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 35 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 21 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 58 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 72 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 2.06 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.24 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.66 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 60 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 55.55 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 1,111,000 |
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) | 68.11 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00006 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 70.83% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 2,592.26 |
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 | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 6,480.65 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Glenn, Simon (2020), Money and Power in Hellenistic Bactria: Euthydemus I to Antimachus I, Numismatic Studies 43, New York, 2020, 394 p., 106 pl.