Crete (Lucullus), silver, tetradrachms (87-86 BCE)
From SILVER
87 BCE - 86 BCE Silver 7,174 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena Parthenos r., wearing triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with four foreparts of horses and a Pegasus, below, B. |
| Reverse: | Ethnique de la cité. (Greek).Rev. ΓO – P / TY – NI / Ω – N / ME – A / PN Owl standing r., head facing, on amphora, in r. field, bull butting r. All within olive wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Gortyn | Ancient region: | Crete | Modern country: Greece | Authority: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| From | 87 BCE | to | 86 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.00 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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Standard: | Attic |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Le Rider 1968, p. 313-35, pl. 1-4. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMH, n° 193 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 4 | 22.22 | 4 | 7.02 | P/1, L/1, Pr/1, Pr/2 |
| 2 | 4 | 22.22 | 8 | 14.04 | P/2, K/4, G/2, G/4 |
| 3 | 5 | 27.78 | 15 | 26.32 | P/4, L/2, C/1, H/3, H/5 |
| 4 | 2 | 11.11 | 8 | 14.04 | P/6, H/1 |
| 7 | 2 | 11.11 | 14 | 24.56 | K/1, G/1 |
| 8 | 1 | 5.56 | 8 | 14.04 | G/5 |
| Total | 18 of 18 | 100 | 57 of 57 | 100.02 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 18 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 30 | Number of coins (n) | 57 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.17 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.9 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.67 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 22.22 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 22.42 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 448,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 26.31 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00013 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.98% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,084.75 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 7,174 kg <br /> 7,174 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 12,711.86 |
Remarks
Certainly military
References
- ^ Le Rider, Georges (1968), "Un groupe de monnaies crétoises à types athéniens", in Humanisme actif. Mélanges d'art et de littérature offerts à Julien Cain, Paris, p. 313-335, pl. 1-4.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
