Paphos (Ptolemy VI), silver, tetradrachms (180-169 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 9516

180 BCE - 169 BCE Silver 1,802 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Ptolemy I Soter to right, wearing diadem and aegis around neck.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Greek).Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt. In field, date (and star).

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), Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC), Ptolemy VI Philometor (Ptolemaic king, 180-145 BC)

Chronology

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

180 BCE

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

169 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

14.10

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

tetradrachm

StandardStandard.:

Ptolemaic

Image

S 626 - Paphos Ptolemy VI Tetradrachm 180-169 (Olivier 2012, Planche XVIII, 1956).png

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Olivier 20121Olivier 2012, p. 114-115, n° 1938-1976
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II2Sear II, n° 7891-7892

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).
2	2	33.33	4	10.26	328, 329
5	2	33.33	10	25.64	327, 330
11	1	16.67	11	28.21	325
14	1	16.67	14	35.9	326
Total	6 of 6	100	39 of 39	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	6	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	26	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	39
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	6.5	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.5
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	4.33	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	6.39	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	127,800
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)	7.09	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00031
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	12,206.57
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	1,802 kg <br /> 1,802 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	30,516.43

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