Cabyle, bronze, 1.8g (Artemis/Artemis phosphorus) (255-245 BCE)
From SILVER
255 BCE - 245 BCE Bronze
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Cult statue of Artemis Phosphoros standing facing on pedestal, holding two torches |
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: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 255 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 245 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Bronze | Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 1.80 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | StandardStandard.: |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | Draganov 19931 | ||
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 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1.05 | 2 |
14 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 14.74 | 3 |
25 | 1 | 25 | 25 | 26.32 | 1 |
55 | 1 | 25 | 55 | 57.89 | 4 |
Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 95 of 95 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 1 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 24 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 95 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 23.75 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 3.96 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 6 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 25 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 3.87 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 77,400 |
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) | 4.18 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00123 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 98.95% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 49,095.61 |
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 | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 122,739.02 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Draganov, Dimitar (1993), The Coinage of Cabyle, Sofia, 160 p., 46 pl.
- ^ 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.