Damastium, silver, tetradrachms (395-360 BCE)
From SILVER
395 BCE - 360 BCE Silver 32,812 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath, with severe features. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΔΑΜΑΣ-ΤΙΝΩΝ (Greek).Sacrificial tripod, the feet terminating in lion's claws. |
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. | 395 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 360 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 | 13.65 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: |
Image
AC173 Damastium.jpeg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | May 19391May 1939, groups I-VI | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear I2Sear I, n° 1927, 1929, 1931-1932, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 173, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 87-92 | ||
| 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 | 32 | 64 | 32 | 42.67 | 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48 |
| 2 | 11 | 22 | 22 | 29.33 | 2, 7, 19, 24, 33, 35, 36, 38, 41, 43, 50 |
| 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 1, 12, 23, 27, 34, 46, 49 |
| Total | 50 of 50 | 100 | 75 of 75 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 50 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 32 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 75 | |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.5 | 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 | 64 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 120.19 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 2,403,800 |
| 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) | 150 | 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) | 57.33% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 1,248.02 |
| 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 | 32,812 kg <br /> 32,812 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 3,120.06 |
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.
