H 39 - Rash Melqart - Cefalu (Carthage), silver, tetradrachms (350-300 BCE)
From SILVER
350 - 300 Silver 8,834 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | "Rslmqrt" : cap de Melqart (punique). |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Rash Melqart | 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: | Carthaginian Empire |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 350 | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 300 | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical and Hellenistic |
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.: | tetradrachm | StandardStandard.: | |
Mode weightMode of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).: | 17,00-19<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>",00-19" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.</li></ul> |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | G. K. Jenkins1 | ||
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 | 5 | 19.23 | 5 | 1.42 | 1;3;4;7;20 |
2 | 1 | 3.85 | 2 | 0.57 | 2 |
3 | 3 | 11.54 | 9 | 2.56 | 23;25;26 |
4 | 1 | 3.85 | 4 | 1.14 | 5 |
7 | 1 | 3.85 | 7 | 1.99 | 11 |
9 | 3 | 11.54 | 27 | 7.69 | 6;10;15 |
11 | 1 | 3.85 | 11 | 3.13 | 17 |
12 | 1 | 3.85 | 12 | 3.42 | 22 |
14 | 1 | 3.85 | 14 | 3.99 | 12 |
17 | 2 | 7.69 | 34 | 9.69 | 9;21 |
19 | 2 | 7.69 | 38 | 10.83 | 13;18 |
24 | 1 | 3.85 | 24 | 6.84 | 8 |
25 | 1 | 3.85 | 25 | 7.12 | 24 |
31 | 1 | 3.85 | 31 | 8.83 | 19 |
50 | 1 | 3.85 | 50 | 14.25 | 14 |
58 | 1 | 3.85 | 58 | 16.52 | 16 |
Total | 26 of 26 | 100.04 | 351 of 351 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 26 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 5 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 55 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 351 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 13.5 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 6.38 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 2.12 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 19.23 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 25.83 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 516,600 |
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) | 28.08 | 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) | 98.58% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 27,177.7 |
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 /> 8,834 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 67,944.25 |
Remarks
References
- ^ G. K. Jenkins