Paphos (Ptolemies), silver, drachms (185-106 BCE)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 9233

185 BCE - 106 BCE Silver 775 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Bust of Dionysos to right, wearing vine wreath and thyrsus.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Greek).Eagle standing left, wings open, on thunderbolt. (In field, KI or calathos).

Mint and issuing power

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

Paphos

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Cyprus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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:

Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC)

Chronology

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

185 BCE

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

106 BCE

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

3.20

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

drachma

StandardStandard.:

Ptolemaic

Image

S637 Paphos drachms.jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Olivier 20121Olivier 2012, p. 135, n° 2564-2571 and p. 140, n° 2650-2665.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II2Sear II, n° 7875

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	3	33.33	3	12.5	9, 10, 12
2	1	11.11	2	8.33	11
3	3	33.33	9	37.5	8, 57, 58
4	1	11.11	4	16.67	60
6	1	11.11	6	25	59
Total	9 of 9	99.99	24 of 24	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ^ᵖ (o)	9	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ^ᵖ	3
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	18	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	24
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2.67	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.33
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	33.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ^ᵖ	12.11	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ^ᵖ	242,200
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)	14.4	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ^ᵖ	0.00010
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	87.5%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ^ᵖ	3,963.67
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	775 kg <br /> 775 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ^ᵖ	9,909.17

Remarks

References

^ Olivier, Julien (2012), Archè et Chrèmata en Egypte au IIe siècle avant J.-C. (204-81 av. J.-C.). Etude de numismatique et d'histoire, [Unpublished doctoral dissertation], Orléans University, 2012.
^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762