H 329zj - Carthage, gold, units (149-146 BCE)
From SILVER
149 BCE - 146 BCE Gold 1,490 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring, and necklace |
| Reverse: | Horse stepping to right, pellet below |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Carthage | Ancient region: | Zeugitana | Modern country: Tunisia | Authority: | Carthaginian Empire |
Chronology
| From | 149 BCE | to | 146 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Gold
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Median weight in grams | 7.60 | Denomination: | unit
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Standard: |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Jenkins - Lewis 1963, Series XVIII (unit) | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 10 | Number of coins (n) | 19 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 19 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.9 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 10 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 0.98 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 19,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.06 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00097 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 38,775.51 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,490 kg <br /> 1,490 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 96,938.78 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth - Lewis, Richard Boyes (1963), Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, RNS 2, London, 140 p., 38 pl.
