Magnesia ad Maeandrum, silver, didrachms (210-200 BCE)
From SILVER
210 BCE - 200 BCE Silver 1,432 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Warrior, holding couched lance, on horse advancing right. |
| Reverse: | MAΓΝ(Η) (Greek).Bull butting left, ΔIOΠEΘHΣ below, all within circular maeander pattern. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Magnesia ad Maeandrum | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 210 BCE | to | 200 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
|
Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
|
Median weight in grams | 10.90 | Denomination: | didrachm
|
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.]]1Kinns 1989 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 4476, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 221 | ||
| Coin series web reference: | |||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 11 | Number of coins (n) | 14 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.8 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.27 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2.2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 20 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 6.57 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 131,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 7.78 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00011 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.86% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 4,261.8 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,432 kg <br /> 1,432 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 10,654.49 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Kinns, Philip (1989), "Two Studies in the Silver Coinage of Magnesia on the Maeander", in Mélanges C. M. Kraay et O. Morkholm, Wetteren, p. 137-148, pl. 39-40.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 p.
