H 172 - Hermione, bronze, chalkoi (360-325 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7797

360 BCE - 325 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Wreathed head of Demeter Chthonia to left
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	EP (Greek).EP Torch within wreath of grain ears

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Hermione

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Peloponnesus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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..

325 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Bronze

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

2.30

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

chalkous

StandardStandard.:

Image

H172 Hermione chalkoi.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Grandjean 19901Grandjean 1990
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear I2Sear I, n° 2819, RQEMH3RQEMH, n° 172
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/hermione.grandjean 1990.1c 2b 3b-3c 4b-4c 9c-15

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	56	65.88	56	38.62	2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 33, 35, 38, 47, 49, 50, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 85, 87, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99, 104, 105, 109, 111, 112, 115, 124, 125, 126, 129, 131, 132, 133
2	17	20	34	23.45	1, 10, 21, 29, 31, 32, 34, 48, 58, 86, 88, 110, 113, 114, 123, 130, 134
3	4	4.71	12	8.28	37, 95, 127, 128
4	2	2.35	8	5.52	6, 89
5	4	4.71	20	13.79	3, 4, 27, 36
6	1	1.18	6	4.14	25
9	1	1.18	9	6.21	12
Total	85 of 85	100.01	145 of 145	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	85	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	56
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	92	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	145
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.71	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.58
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.08	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	65.88 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	165.92	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	3,318,400
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)	205.42	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00004
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	61.38%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	1,747.83
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	4,369.58

Remarks