Dyrrhachium, bronze, c. 4.5g (Zeus/tripod) (250-30 BCE)
From SILVER
250 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus right, wearing oak wreath. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΔΥΡ (Greek).Tripod. In the field, magistrate name. All within laurel wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Dyrrhachium | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Epirus | Modern countryModern country: Albania | 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. | 250 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 30 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Bronze
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 4.50 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | StandardStandard.: |
Image
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.]]1Gjongecaj - Vangjeli 2020, p. 209-227 and p. 344-345 (board 17). | ||
| 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 3.1, n° 42 | ||
Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 231 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 59 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 331 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 1614 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 6.99 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 4.88 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.43 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 25.54 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 243.58 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 4,871,600 |
| 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) | 269.58 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00033 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 96.34% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 13,252.32 |
| 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 | 33,130.8 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Gjongecaj-Vangjeli, Shpresa (2020), Trésors de monnaies antiques trouvés en Albanie (Ve-Ier siècle av. J.-C.), Recherches Archéologiques Franco-Albanaises 2, Athènes, Ecole Française d’Athènes, 2020, p. 417, pl. 131.
- ^ 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.
