H 193 - Uncertain mint, silver, tetradrachm, 110-67 BC
From SILVER
110 BCE - 67 BCE Silver 7,174 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena Parthenos r., wearing triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with four foreparts of horses and a Pegasus, below, B. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Ethnique de la cité. (Greek).Rev. ΓO – P / TY – NI / Ω – N / ME – A / PN Owl standing r., head facing, on amphora, in r. field, bull butting r. All within olive wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Crete | Modern countryModern country: | 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: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 110 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 67 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.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 16.00 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: |
Image
H193 Athena owl.jpeg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Le Rider 19681Le Rider 1968, p. 313-35, pl. 1-4. | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | RQEMH2RQEMH, n° 193 | ||
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 | 1 | 5.56 | 1 | 1.75 | P/1, L/1, Pr/1, Pr/2 |
| 2 | 1 | 5.56 | 2 | 3.51 | P/2, K/4, G/2, G/4 |
| 3 | 1 | 5.56 | 3 | 5.26 | P/4, L/2, C/1, H/3, H/5 |
| 4 | 1 | 5.56 | 4 | 7.02 | P/6, H/1 |
| 7 | 1 | 5.56 | 7 | 12.28 | K/1, G/1 |
| Total | 5 of 18 | 27.8 | 17 of 57 | 29.82 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 18 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 30 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 57 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 3.17 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.9 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.67 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 22.22 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 22.42 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 448,400 |
| 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) | 26.31 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00013 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.98% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 5,084.75 |
| 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 | 7,174 kg <br /> 7,174 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 12,711.86 |
Remarks
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References
- ^ Le Rider, Georges (1968), "Un groupe de monnaies crétoises à types athéniens", in Humanisme actif. Mélanges d'art et de littérature offerts à Julien Cain, Paris, p. 313-335, pl. 1-4.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
