AC 211 - Mytilene, electrum, hekte, 521-478 BC
From SILVER
521 BCE - 478 BCE Electrum 58,875 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of roaring lion right. |
| Reverse: | Head of cock left incuse. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Mytilene | Ancient region: | Aeolis (islands) | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 521 BCE | to | 478 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC |
Physical description
| Metal: | Electrum http://nomisma.org/id/el | Median weight in grams | 2.50 | Denomination: | hekte |
Standard: |
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References
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 24 | 1 | 1.04 | 24 | 7.52 | 15a |
| 1 | 26 | 27.08 | 26 | 8.15 | 1b, 4c, 4d, 5a, 7a, 8a, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9h, 9k, 9.2a, 11a, 11d, 13g, 13l, 13o, 13r, 13t, 13u, 14d, 16a, 16g, 19.2a, 22b |
| 2 | 23 | 23.96 | 46 | 14.42 | 1a, 2b, 3a, 4b, 9e, 9f, 9g, 9i, 11b, 11f, 12d, 12f, 13i, 13k, 13n, 14c, 15b, 16b, 16f, 19.1f, 19.1g, 19.1h, 21b |
| 3 | 17 | 17.71 | 51 | 15.99 | 1d, 6a, 11e, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12e, 13d, 13h, 13p, 13r, 15c, 19.1a, 19.1c, 19.1e, 20a, 22a |
| 4 | 12 | 12.5 | 48 | 15.05 | 1c, 1e, 2a, 2c, 11c, 13m, 13q, 14b, 16c, 16d, 16h, 19.1b |
| 5 | 4 | 4.17 | 20 | 6.27 | 4a, 9l, 10a, 17a |
| 6 | 3 | 3.13 | 18 | 5.64 | 14a, 19.1d, 21a |
| 7 | 2 | 2.08 | 14 | 4.39 | 13b, 16e |
| 10 | 5 | 5.21 | 50 | 15.67 | 7b, 13a, 13f, 13v, 18a |
| 15 | 2 | 2.08 | 30 | 9.4 | 13c, 13e |
| 9 | 1 | 1.04 | 9 | 2.82 | 18b |
| Total | 96 of 96 | 100 | 336 of 319 | 105.32 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 96 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 26 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | NC"NC" is not a number. | Number of coins (n) | 319 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.32 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 27.08 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 117.75 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 2,355,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 137.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00014 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 91.85% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,418.26 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 58,875 kg <br /> 58,875 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 13,545.65 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Bodenstedt, Friedrich (1981), Die Elektronmünzen von Phokaia und Mytilene, Tübingen.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.