Calchedon and Byzantium, bronze (5.8g) (Poseidon/prow) (200-100 BCE)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 7862


200 BCE - 100 BCE Bronze

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Poseidon, left, wearing taenia
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΥΖΑΝ ΚΑΛΧΑ (Greek).Prora, dolphin at right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Byzantium Ancient regionAncient region.: Thrace 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. 200 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 5.80 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: StandardStandard.:
Image
]]Byz_Chalc_Poseidon_prow.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Schönert-Geiss 1970, p. 150, n° 1290-1295
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.2, n° 1430
Coin series web referenceCoin series web 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).
1 2 50 2 33.33 3, 4
2 2 50 4 66.67 1, 2
Total 4 of 4 100 6 of 6 100
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 2
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 6 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 6
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 1.5 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.5 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ 50 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ 9.62 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ 192,400
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) 12 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) 66.67% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ 1,247.4
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 3,118.5
Remarks

Most likely one single workstation

References

  1. ^  Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1970), Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Teil 1: Autonome Zeit, Berlin.
  2. ^  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.