Damastium, silver, tetradrachms (360-323 BCE)
From SILVER
360 BCE - 323 BCE Silver 20,741 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate head of Apollo right, short hair. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΔAMAΣTINΩN (Greek).Large tripod, ΔAMAΣTINΩN on either side. |
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 | 12.80 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: |
Image
AC174 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° 1931-1932, 1935, 1938, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 174, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 85 | ||
| 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 | 28 | 45.9 | 28 | 16.77 | 56, 59, 61, 66, 67, 68, 75, 76, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95, 99, 101, 103, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111 |
| 2 | 14 | 22.95 | 28 | 16.77 | 51, 52, 58, 65, 72, 78, 79, 80, 81, 87, 92, 102, 104, 107 |
| 3 | 6 | 9.84 | 18 | 10.78 | 55, 63, 70, 71, 74, 97 |
| 4 | 2 | 3.28 | 8 | 4.79 | 62, 96 |
| 5 | 2 | 3.28 | 10 | 5.99 | 53, 83 |
| 6 | 3 | 4.92 | 18 | 10.78 | 57, 73, 100 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.64 | 7 | 4.19 | 54 |
| 8 | 1 | 1.64 | 8 | 4.79 | 77 |
| 9 | 2 | 3.28 | 18 | 10.78 | 96, 98 |
| 10 | 1 | 1.64 | 10 | 5.99 | 60 |
| 14 | 1 | 1.64 | 14 | 8.38 | 64 |
| Total | 61 of 61 | 100.01 | 167 of 167 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 61 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 28 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 167 | |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 2.74 | 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 | 45.9 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 81.02 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 1,620,400 |
| 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) | 96.1 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00010 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 83.23% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 4,122.44 |
| 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 | 20,741 kg <br /> 20,741 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 10,306.1 |
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.
