H 40 - Lilybaeum or Entella (Carthage), silver, tetradrachms (350-310 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8141

350 BCE - 310 BCE Silver 11,679 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Tanit left
Reverse:	Horse standing left in front of palm tree

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Lilybaeum

Ancient region:

Sicily

Modern country: Italy

Authority:

Carthaginian Empire

Chronology

From

350 BCE

to

310 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC , Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

17.00

Denomination:

tetradrachm

Standard:

Attic

Image

]]H 40 - Lilybaeum?, silver, tetradrachm, 350-40-320-10 BC.jpg [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.]]1Jenkins 1977, p. 37-47, n° 49-141 (Series 2)
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 6429-6432, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 40

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	1	2.94	1	0.28	20
2	6	17.65	12	3.31	15;16;19;26;28;29
3	3	8.82	9	2.49	23;27;30
5	5	14.71	25	6.91	17;22;34;37;41
6	1	2.94	6	1.66	36
7	2	5.88	14	3.87	13;24
8	3	8.82	24	6.63	18;25;40
9	2	5.88	18	4.97	21;45
10	1	2.94	10	2.76	38
12	1	2.94	12	3.31	32
16	2	5.88	32	8.84	14;44
17	1	2.94	17	4.7	43
20	1	2.94	20	5.52	46
21	1	2.94	21	5.8	35
26	1	2.94	26	7.18	39
28	1	2.94	28	7.73	42
39	1	2.94	39	10.77	31
48	1	2.94	48	13.26	33
Total	34 of 34	99.98	362 of 362	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	34	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	1
Number of reverse dies (r)	85	Number of coins (n)	362
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	10.65	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	4.26
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2.5	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2.94 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	34.35	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	687,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	37.52	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00053
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	99.72%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	21,077.15
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	11,679 kg <br /> 11,679 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	52,692.87

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