AC 214 - Mytilene, electrum, hekte, 412-378 BC
From SILVER
412 BCE - 378 BCE Electrum 37,985 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo with laurel wreath right. |
| Reverse: | Female head with long hair, the whole in line square and recessed square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Mytilene | Ancient region: | Aeolis (islands) | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 412 BCE | to | 378 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC |
Physical description
| Metal: | Electrum http://nomisma.org/id/el | Median weight in grams | 2.50 | Denomination: | hekte |
Standard: |
Image

References
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 10 | 1 | 1.49 | 10 | 3.31 | 74b |
| 13 | 1 | 1.49 | 13 | 4.3 | 75b |
| 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 |
| 1 | 9 | 13.43 | 9 | 2.98 | 62a, 63a, 63b, 63f, 67b, 77a1, 78a, 78b, 79c |
| Total | 64 of 67 | 95.53 | 275 of 302 | 91.06 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 67 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 302 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4.51 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 13.43 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 75.97 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 1,519,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 86.1 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00020 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 97.02% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 7,950.51 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 37,985 kg <br /> 37,985 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 19,876.27 |
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.