Pella (Philip II and Alexander the Great), silver, 1/5 tetradrachms (348-315 BCE): Difference between revisions
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348 BCE - 315 BCE Silver 3,681 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo right, wearing tainia. |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek).Youth on horseback right, holding palm, thunderbolt below. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Pella | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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: | Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 348 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 315 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical and Hellenistic |
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 | 2.45 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | 1/5 tetradrachm | StandardStandard.: |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | Le Rider 19771 | ||
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | RQEMH2 |
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 | 24 | 68.57 | 24 | 42.86 | 176, 191, 239, 240, 241, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 257, 258, 260, 261, 262, 263, 265, 283, 285, 287, 288, 289 |
2 | 7 | 20 | 14 | 25 | 174, 238, 249, 256, 264, 284, 286 |
3 | 1 | 2.86 | 3 | 5.36 | 175 |
5 | 1 | 2.86 | 5 | 8.93 | 173 |
6 | 1 | 2.86 | 6 | 10.71 | 236 |
Total | 34 of 35 | 97.15 | 52 of 56 | 92.86 |
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 | 24 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 39 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 56 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.6 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.44 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.11 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 68.57 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 75.13 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 1,502,600 |
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) | 93.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00004 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 57.14% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 1,490.75 |
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 | 3,681 kg <br /> 3,681 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 3,726.87 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation RQEMH 121 + 122