Metapontum, silver, nomoi (530-480 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 6654

530 BCE - 480 BCE Silver 42,677 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	META (Greek).Ear of barley, in r. field, grasshopper.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	Ear of barley incuse

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Metapontum

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Lucania

Modern countryModern country: Italy

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

530 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

480 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic ^{until 480 BC}

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Silver

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

8.10

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

didrachm

, stater

, nomos

StandardStandard.:

Image

RQMAC 2 - Metapontum, silver, stater, 530-480 BC.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Noe - Johnston 19841Noe - Johnston 1984, n° 1-27, 37-8, 40-7, 59, 73-8, 85-98, 100-5, 112-54, 154c et 155-261, Noe 19272Noe 1927, Noe 19313Noe 1931
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear I4Sear I, n° 235 and 238, RQEMAC5RQEMAC, n° 2, HN Italy6HN Italy, n° 1459-1481, HGC 17HGC 1, n° 1027-1029
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn italy.1459-81

Obverse dies distribution

FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ^ᵖ	Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	% (n)	Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1	73	36.5	73	13.11	5, 9, 12, 15, 17, 18, 24, 27, 37, 38, 45, 47, 56, 57, 59, 73, 93, 95, 98, 114, 117, 129, 136, 141, 142, 144, 148, 149, 152, 153, 154, 154c, 155, 158, 159, 161, 163, 166, 170, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 185, 187, 188, 190, 198, 203, 211, 214, 218, 219, 220, 225, 227, 232, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 245, 252, 254, 256, 257
2	51	25.5	102	18.31	2, 6, 19, 21, 40, 44, 54, 75, 77, 90, 96, 105, 113, 115, 118, 119, 121, 123, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 134, 143, 145, 146, 150, 156, 157, 160, 167, 168, 169, 173, 186, 194, 195, 196, 197, 202, 208, 217, 224, 226, 228, 246, 248, 249, 251, 259
3	26	13	78	14	8, 46, 55, 74, 76, 87, 102, 112, 132, 133, 135, 151, 162, 165, 172, 174, 184, 199, 200, 206, 213, 231, 244, 250, 253, 255
4	22	11	88	15.8	7, 13, 25, 41, 58, 78, 86, 88, 89, 94, 100, 120, 137, 140, 171, 182, 189, 212, 229, 236, 260, 261
5	13	6.5	65	11.67	1a, 10, 23, 85, 92, 97, 104, 122, 193, 207, 209, 215, 247
6	8	4	48	8.62	22, 139, 164, 192, 201, 204, 216, 221
7	3	1.5	21	3.77	11, 222, 223
8	4	2	32	5.75	14, 20, 91, 258
9	2	1	18	3.23	14, 20, 91, 258
10	2	1	20	3.59	3, 43
11	1	0.5	11	1.97	191
14	1	0.5	14	2.51	4
17	1	0.5	17	3.05	16
18	1	0.5	18	3.23	233
Total	208 of 200	104	605 of 557	108.61

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	200	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	73
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)		Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	557
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2.79	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	36.5 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	263.44	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	5,268,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ^ᵖ (O)	312.04	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00011
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	86.89%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	4,228.67
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ^ᵖ	42,677 kg <br /> 42,677 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	10,571.67

Remarks

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. (1927), The coinage of Metapontum. Part 1, Numismatic Notes and Monographs 32, New York.
^ 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