AC 219 - Phocaea, electrum, hekte, 625/600-522 BC
From SILVER
600 BCE - 522 BCE Electrum 77,495 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Griffin's head left with open jaws and protruding tongue. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Quadripartite incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Phocaea | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Ionia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. | 600 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 522 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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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). |
| 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 obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 61 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 40 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | NC"NC" is not a number. | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 89 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.46 | 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 | 65.57 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 154.99 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 3,099,800 |
| 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) | 193.89 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 55.06% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 1,148.46 |
| 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 | 77,495 kg <br /> 77,495 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 2,871.15 |
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