Cabyle? (Skostokos, types of Lysimachus), silver, tetradrachms (273-272 BCE) Dimitrov
From SILVER
273 BCE - 272 BCE Silver 7,957 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙMΑΧΟΥ ΣKOΣTOKOY (Greek).thena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, transverse spear in background, herm to iner left |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Cabyle | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Thrace | Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria | 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: | Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC), Skostokos (vassal of Lysimachus or ruler in Thrace ?) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 273 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 272 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver | Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 16.90 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm | StandardStandard.: | Attic |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | Dimitrov 19841 | ||
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | RQEMH2 , HGC 3.23 |
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). |
1 | 8 | 47.06 | 8 | 18.6 | 1, 2, 6, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17 |
2 | 6 | 35.29 | 12 | 27.91 | 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 15 |
4 | 2 | 11.76 | 8 | 18.6 | 5, 14 |
15 | 1 | 5.88 | 15 | 34.88 | 9 |
Total | 17 of 17 | 99.99 | 43 of 43 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 17 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 8 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 27 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 43 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 2.53 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.59 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.59 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 47.06 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 23.54 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 470,800 |
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) | 28.12 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00009 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 81.4% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 3,653.36 |
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 | 7,957 kg <br /> 7,957 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 9,133.39 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military
References
- ^ Dimitrov, Kamen (1984), "The Coinage of the Thracian Ruler Skostokos according to the Coin Hoard from Plovdiv, 1907 (IGCH n° 869)", Bulgarian Historical Review, 1984 (4), p. 71-87.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.