Metapontum, silver, drachms (430-400 BCE)
From SILVER
440 BCE - 430 BCE Silver 79 kg
Description
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| Reverse: |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Metapontum | Ancient region: | Lucania | Modern country: Italy | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 440 BCE | to | 430 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 3.95 | Denomination: | hemistater , drachm, half nomos
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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.]]1Noe - Johnston 1984, p. 71, n° 320, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Noe 1931 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Sear I, n° 399, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4RQEMAC, n° 6a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5HN Italy, n° 1497, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6HGC 1, n° 1070 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 13 | 1 | 100 | 13 | 100 | 320 |
| Total | 1 of 1 | 100 | 13 of 13 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 1 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 1 | Number of coins (n) | 13 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 13 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 13 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 1 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 20,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 1.08 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00065 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 26,000 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 79 kg <br /> 79 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 65,000 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Noe - Johnston 1984, p. 71, n° 320 (error of printing - n° 321-322 are missing and n° 320 is duplicated)
References
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. - Jonhston, Ann (1984), The coinage of Metapontum. Parts 1 and 2 with additions and corrections by Ann Johnston, Numismatic Notes and Monographs 32 and 47, New York, ix, 120 p., 44 pl.
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. (1931), The coinage of Metapontum. Part 2, Numismatic Notes and Monographs 47, New York.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm
