AC 219 - Phocaea, electrum, hekte, 625/600-522 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 7644

600 BCE - 522 BCE Electrum 77,495 kg

Description

Obverse:	Griffin's head left with open jaws and protruding tongue.
Reverse:	Quadripartite incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Phocaea

Ancient region:

Ionia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From

600 BCE

to

522 BCE

Period: Archaic until 480 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Electrum http://nomisma.org/id/el

Median weight in grams

2.50

Denomination:

hekte

Standard:

Image

]]AC219 Phocaea.jpeg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Bodenstedt 1981, émissions 1-28.
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMAC, n° 219
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.1.1 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.1.2 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.1.3 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.1.4 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.1.5 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.1.6 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.2.1 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.2.2 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.3 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.4 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.5 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.6 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.7 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.8 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.9 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.10 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.11 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.12 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.13 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.14 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.15 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.16 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.17 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.18 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.19 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.20 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.21 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.22 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.23 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.24 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.25 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.26 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.27 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phocaea bodenstedt 1981 series 1.28

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
4	1	1.64	4	4.49	28a
1	40	65.57	40	44.94	1.1a, 1.3a, 1.4a, 2.2a, 2.2c, 2.2d, 2.2e, 3a, 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a, 8b, 9b, 9d, 10b, 10c, 11a, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e, 12f, 15a, 15b, 16a, 18a, 18b, 18c, 19b, 21a, 21b, 21c, 22.1a, 23b, 23c, 24a, 25a, 26a
2	15	24.59	30	33.71	2.2b, 8a, 9c, 10a, 14a, 14b, 17a, 17b, 19a, 22.1b, 22.1c, 23a, 25b, 27a, 28b
3	5	8.2	15	16.85	9a, 13a, 22.2a, 25c, 28c
Total	61 of 61	100	89 of 89	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	61	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	40
Number of reverse dies (r)	NC"NC" is not a number.	Number of coins (n)	89
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.46	Coins per reverse die (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	65.57 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	154.99	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	3,099,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	193.89	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	55.06%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,148.46
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	77,495 kg <br /> 77,495 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	2,871.15

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