AC 211 - Mytilene, electrum, hekte, 521-478 BC
From SILVER
521 BCE - 478 BCE Electrum 58,875 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of roaring lion right. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of cock left incuse. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Mytilene | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Aeolis (islands) | 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. | 521 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 478 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Electrum http://nomisma.org/id/el | Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 2.50 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | hekte
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StandardStandard.: |
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References
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). |
| 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 obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 96 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 26 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | NC"NC" is not a number. | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 319 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 3.32 | 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 | 27.08 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 117.75 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 2,355,000 |
| 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) | 137.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00014 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 91.85% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 5,418.26 |
| 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 | 58,875 kg <br /> 58,875 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 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.
