H 41 - Lilybaeum or Entella (Carthage), silver, tetradrachms (320-300 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8180

320 BCE - 300 BCE Silver 12,327 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Persephone to left, wearing wreath of wheat leaves, triple pendant earring and pearl necklace, around her head, four dolphins
Reverse:	'MM = People of the Camp (Punic).Horse's head to left, behind, date palm

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Lilybaeum

Ancient region:

Sicily

Modern country: Italy

Authority:

Carthaginian Empire

Chronology

From

320 BCE

to

300 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

16.90

Denomination:

tetradrachm

Standard:

Attic

Image

]]H 41 - Lilybaeum?, silver, tetradrachm, 320-10-300 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. 47-61, n° 141-269 (Series 3)
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° 6434-6435, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 41

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	4	10.81	4	0.7	54;70;76;80
2	2	5.41	4	0.7	58;60
3	2	5.41	6	1.05	61;62
4	2	5.41	8	1.4	57;71
5	2	5.41	10	1.75	67;73
6	1	2.7	6	1.05	66
8	3	8.11	24	4.19	63;68;77
10	1	2.7	10	1.75	64
11	1	2.7	11	1.92	52
12	1	2.7	12	2.09	78
13	1	2.7	13	2.27	72
14	1	2.7	14	2.44	69
15	1	2.7	15	2.62	56
16	1	2.7	16	2.79	74
17	1	2.7	17	2.97	65
19	1	2.7	19	3.32	59
20	3	8.11	60	10.47	75;81;82
22	1	2.7	22	3.84	53
29	1	2.7	29	5.06	47
31	2	5.41	62	10.82	46;79
34	1	2.7	34	5.93	50
36	1	2.7	36	6.28	51
37	1	2.7	37	6.46	48
49	1	2.7	49	8.55	49
55	1	2.7	55	9.6	55
Total	37 of 37	99.98	573 of 573	100.02

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	37	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	4
Number of reverse dies (r)	96	Number of coins (n)	573
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	15.49	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	5.97
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2.59	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	10.81 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	36.47	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	729,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	39.55	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00079
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	99.3%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	31,423.09
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	12,327 kg <br /> 12,327 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	78,557.72

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