Pergamum, silver, half cistophori (166-123 BCE) Kleiner & Noe
From SILVER
166 BCE - 123 BCE Silver 1,903 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Lion's skin draped over club, all within ivy wreath |
| Reverse: | Grape bunch with leaves, ?I above, serpent-entwined staff to r. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Pergamum | Ancient region: | Mysia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Attalid Kingdom |
Chronology
| From | 166 BCE | to | 123 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 6.10 | Denomination: | half cistophorus | Standard: | Cistophoric |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Kleiner - Noe 1977 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 3951, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMH, n° 212a | ||
Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 4 | Number of coins (n) | 5 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.25 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.25 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 75 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 15.6 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 312,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 20 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 40% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 641.03 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,903 kg <br /> 1,903 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 1,602.56 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Kleiner, Fred S. - Noe, Sydney P. (1977), The early Cistophoric coinage, Numismatic Studies 14, New York, 129 p., 38 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.
