AC 213 - Mytilene, electrum, hekte, 454-427 BC
From SILVER
454 BCE - 427 BCE Electrum 43,210 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena, wearing an attic helmet with crest. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Two calf's heads facing each other, all in an incus square. |
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. | 454 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 427 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 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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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). |
| 12 | 1 | 1.32 | 12 | 3.55 | 41a |
| 13 | 1 | 1.32 | 13 | 3.85 | 56b |
| 14 | 1 | 1.32 | 14 | 4.14 | 41b |
| 17 | 1 | 1.32 | 17 | 5.03 | 35b |
| 1 | 14 | 18.42 | 14 | 4.14 | 37g, 39a, 39c, 39d, 39e, 40b, 40d, 41d, 45a, 48b, 53.2a, 53.2b, 54d, 56c |
| 2 | 14 | 18.42 | 28 | 8.28 | 35c, 36b, 40e, 41c, 43b, 45b, 47a, 48a, 49b, 52b, 53.1b, 54e, 55b, 56d |
| 3 | 11 | 14.47 | 33 | 9.76 | 36a, 37e, 37f, 41e, 43a, 51b, 56a, 56e, 56f, 57a, 57c |
| 4 | 7 | 9.21 | 28 | 8.28 | 37a, 37h, 38a, 40a, 52e, 59a, 59b |
| 5 | 6 | 7.89 | 30 | 8.88 | 35a, 37b, 52c, 54g, 58a, 60a |
| 6 | 8 | 10.53 | 48 | 14.2 | 37d, 42a, 42b, 46a, 51a, 54c, 55a, 57b |
| 7 | 3 | 3.95 | 21 | 6.21 | 39b, 44a, 54a |
| 8 | 3 | 3.95 | 24 | 7.1 | 52d, 53.1a, 54b |
| 10 | 2 | 2.63 | 20 | 5.92 | 50a, 52a |
| 9 | 4 | 5.26 | 36 | 10.65 | 37e, 42c, 49a, 54f |
| Total | 76 of 76 | 100.01 | 338 of 338 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 76 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 14 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | NC"NC" is not a number. | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 338 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 4.45 | 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 | 18.42 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 86.42 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 1,728,400 |
| 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) | 98.05 | 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) | 95.86% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 7,822.26 |
| 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 | 43,210 kg <br /> 43,210 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 19,555.66 |
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.
