H 131 - Uncertain mint, silver, tetradrachm, 292-287 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8009

292 - 287 Silver 0 kg

Description

Obverse:	Diademed and horned head of Demetrios I right.
Reverse:	ΒΑΣΙΛEΩΣ ΔHMΗΤΡΙΟΥ (Greek).

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Ancient region:

Modern country:

Authority:

Demetrius I Poliorcetes (Antigonid king, 294-283 BC)

Chronology

From

292

to

287

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Denomination:

tetradrachm

Standard:

Image

]]H131 Demetrios Poseidon.jpeg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1E. T. Newell, The Coinages of Demetrios Poliorcetes, Londres, 1927.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	32	38.1	32	14.75
2	18	21.43	36	16.59
3	16	19.05	48	22.12
4	7	8.33	28	12.9
5	3	3.57	15	6.91
6	3	3.57	18	8.29
7	2	2.38	14	6.45
8	2	2.38	16	7.37
10	1	1.19	10	4.61
Total	84 of 84	100	217 of 217	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	84	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	32
Number of reverse dies (r)	159	Number of coins (n)	217
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2.58	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.36
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.89	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	38.1 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	114.96	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	2,299,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	137.05	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00009
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	85.25%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	3,775.23
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	0 kg <br /> 0 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	9,438.07

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