AC 214 - Mytilene, electrum, hekte, 412-378 BC

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7510

412 - 378 Electrum 37,985 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Mytilene

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Lesbos

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

412

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

378

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical ^{480-323 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	Electrum http://nomisma.org/id/el	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:	hekte	StandardStandard.:
Mode weightMode of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams).:	2,5-9<ul><li>No units of measurement were declared for this property.</li> <!--br--><li>",5-9" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.</li></ul>

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	F. Bodenstedt1F. Bodenstedt, Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene, Tübingen, 1981, émissions 61-79.
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	9	13.43	9	2.98	62a, 63a, 63b, 63f, 67b, 77a1, 78a, 78b, 79c
2	8	11.94	16	5.3	66a, 71a, 75a, 75d, 77b, 77e, 78d, 78e
3	6	8.96	18	5.96	63g, 65c, 70c, 71c, 77f, 77h
4	15	22.39	60	19.87	61a, 64a, 65a, 65e, 65g, 67a, 70b, 73a, 73b, 73e, 73f, 74a, 75e, 78c, 79d
5	7	10.45	35	11.59	65b, 65h, 69c, 70a, 73g, 76a, 77d
6	7	10.45	42	13.91	63e, 65d, 68a, 69a, 70e, 72a, 73d
7	8	11.94	56	18.54	63c, 65f, 69b, 70d, 73c, 77c, 77g, 79a
8	2	2.99	16	5.3	63d, 71b
10	1	1.49	10	3.31	74b
13	1	1.49	13	4.3	75b
Total	64 of 67	95.53	275 of 302	91.06

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	67	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	9
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	NC"NC" is not a number.	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	304
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	4.54	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	13.43 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	75.86	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	1,517,200
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)	85.94	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00020
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	97.04%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	8,014.76
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	1 kg <br /> 37,985 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	20,036.91

Remarks

References

^ F. Bodenstedt