Damastium, silver, drachms (360-323 BCE)
From SILVER
360 BCE - 323 BCE Silver 3,946 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Female head right. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Portable ingot. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Damastium | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Illyricum | Modern countryModern country: North Macedonia | 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. | 360 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 323 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 2.65 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | drachma
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StandardStandard.: |
Image
AC175 Damastium.jpeg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | May 19391May 1939, Groups VII-X | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear I2Sear I, n° 1933, 1936, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 175, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 102-103 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 71.43 | 20 | 50 | 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 |
| 2 | 5 | 17.86 | 10 | 25 | 16, 17, 24, 26, 31 |
| 3 | 2 | 7.14 | 6 | 15 | 10, 22 |
| 4 | 1 | 3.57 | 4 | 10 | 13 |
| Total | 28 of 28 | 100 | 40 of 40 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 28 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 20 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | NC"NC" is not a number. | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 40 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.43 | 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 | 71.43 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 74.45 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 1,489,000 |
| 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) | 93.33 | 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) | 50% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 1,074.55 |
| 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 | 3,946 kg <br /> 3,946 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 2,686.37 |
Remarks
References
- ^ May, John M. F. (1939), The Coinage of Damastion and the Lesser Coinage of the Illyro-Paeonian Region, Oxford-London, xiv, 207 p., XII double pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
