Metapontum, silver, nomoi (330-280 BCE)
From SILVER
330 BCE - 280 BCE Silver 31,496 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Various heads. Head of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of barley ears and triple-pendant earring |
| Reverse: | META (Greek).Ear of barley, with leaf to right, above leaf, plough to right |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Metapontum | Ancient region: | Lucania | Modern country: Italy | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 330 BCE | to | 280 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 7.90 | Denomination: | didrachm , stater , nomos
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Standard: |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Johnston 1990 | ||
| 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° 415-418, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 5, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HN Italy, n° 1580-1593, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5HGC 1, n° 1063-1068 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 135 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 44 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | NC"NC" is not a number. | Number of coins (n) | 307 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.27 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 32.59 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 199.34 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 3,986,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 240.96 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 85.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,080.16 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 31,496 kg <br /> 31,496 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 7,700.41 |
Remarks
Likely military
References
- ^ Johnston, Ann (1990), The Coinage of Metapontum. Part 3, Numismatic Notes and Monographs, 164, New York.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires hellénistiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, X + 341 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
