AC 212 - Mytilene, electrum, hekte, 477-455 BC

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7965

477 BCE - 455 BCE Electrum 11,655 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of a lion with opened mouth on the right.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	Incuser head of calf right.

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.

477 BCE

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

455 BCE

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

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

StandardStandard.:

Image

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Bodenstedt 1981, émissions 23-34.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 6, n° 950, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 212
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mytilene bodenstedt 1981 series 2.23 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mytilene bodenstedt 1981 series 2.24 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mytilene bodenstedt 1981 series 2.25 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mytilene bodenstedt 1981 series 2.26 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mytilene bodenstedt 1981 series 2.27 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mytilene bodenstedt 1981 series 2.28 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mytilene bodenstedt 1981 series 2.29 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mytilene bodenstedt 1981 series 2.30 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mytilene bodenstedt 1981 series 2.31 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mytilene bodenstedt 1981 series 2.32 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mytilene bodenstedt 1981 series 2.34

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).
5	1	5.56	5	9.62	29a
1	5	27.78	5	9.62	24a, 26a, 31a, 32a, 34a
2	5	27.78	10	19.23	23b, 25a, 27b, 29b, 29c
3	2	11.11	6	11.54	24b, 27c
4	2	11.11	8	15.38	24c, 28a
6	3	16.67	18	34.62	23a, 27a, 30a
Total	18 of 18	100.01	52 of 52	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	18	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	5
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	NC"NC" is not a number.	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	52
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2.89	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	27.78 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	23.31	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	466,200
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)	27.53	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00011
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	90.38%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	4,461.6
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	11,655 kg <br /> 11,655 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	11,154.01

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.