Paestum, bronze, semisses (Poseidon/trident) (89-80 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 10959

89 BCE - 80 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Laureate head of Neptune to right, with mark of value (s) behind his nec
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΠAIS / S Q (Latin).Decorated trident. Crawford, Paestum 13. HN III 1220. SNG ANS 728. Very fine.

Mint and issuing power

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

Poseidonia

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:

Roman Republic

Chronology

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

89 BCE

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

80 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

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

Bronze

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

4.90

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

semis

StandardStandard.:

Image

]]S 1568 - Paestum, bronze, semisses (218-201 BCE).jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Carbone 2018
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HN Italy, n° 1220
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/paestum.hn italy.1220

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).
12	1	50	12	37.5	1
20	1	50	20	62.5	2
Total	2 of 2	100	32 of 32	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	4	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	32
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	16	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	8
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	2	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	1.97	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	39,400
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)	2.13	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00081
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	32,487.31
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	n.a.	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	81,218.27

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation