Nicomedia? (Nicomedes), silver, tetradrachms (128-73 BCE)
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128 BCE - 73 BCE Silver 148,830 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head of Nikomedes III to right |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΟΥ (Greek).Zeus standing front, head to left, crowning the king's name with his right hand and holding long scepter in his left, to inner left, eagle standing left on thunderbolt above monogram and AϘΡ (date) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Nicomedia | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Bithynia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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: | Kingdom of Bithynia (late 4th c.-74 BC), Nicomedes II of Bithynia (king of Bithynia, 149-127 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 128 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 73 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 16.70 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: | Attic |
Image
H199 Nicomedes tetradrachms.jpg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Callataÿ 1997a1Callataÿ 1997a | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear II2Sear II, n° 7274-7277, RQEMH3RQEMH, n° 199, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 645 | ||
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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 | 138 | 56.79 | 138 | 31.72 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 38, 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69, 75, 77, 78, 81, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 99, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 111, 114, 115, 116, 120, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 131, 136, 138, 139, 142, 145, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 153, 154, 156, 157, 159, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 170, 175, 177, 178, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 190, 191, 194, 195, 196, 199, 200, 201, 202, 204, 205, 208, 211, 212, 214, 218, 219, 221, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 234, 235, 237, 239, 242, 243 |
| 2 | 64 | 26.34 | 128 | 29.43 | 8, 10, 12, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 32, 33, 36, 40, 44, 48, 51, 52, 56, 62, 70, 71, 72, 74, 79, 82, 86, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 106, 112, 113, 118, 119, 121, 125, 129, 132, 133, 135, 144, 146, 155, 158, 172, 174, 176, 180, 181, 182, 183, 189, 193, 197, 198, 210, 213, 215, 216, 220, 236, 238, 241 |
| 3 | 17 | 7 | 51 | 11.72 | 4, 39, 55, 84, 87, 101, 109, 110, 134, 137, 141, 143, 169, 179, 207, 222, 233 |
| 4 | 13 | 5.35 | 52 | 11.95 | 43, 65, 80, 100, 117, 130, 140, 163, 171, 173, 206, 209, 217 |
| 5 | 3 | 1.23 | 15 | 3.45 | 73, 192, 240 |
| 6 | 6 | 2.47 | 36 | 8.28 | 28, 66, 152, 160, 168, 203 |
| 7 | 1 | 0.41 | 7 | 1.61 | 76 |
| 8 | 1 | 0.41 | 8 | 1.84 | 11 |
| Total | 243 of 243 | 100 | 435 of 435 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 243 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 138 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 379 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 435 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.79 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.15 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.56 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 56.79 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 445.6 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 8,912,000 |
| 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) | 550.55 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 68.28% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 1,952.42 |
| 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 | 148,830 kg <br /> 148,830 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 4,881.06 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
