RQEM ad. 434 - Messene, silver, didrachms (370/69-330 BCE)

370 BCE - 330 BCE Silver 305 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Demeter left, wearing earring, necklace and ear and leaves wreath.
Reverse:	MEΣΣΑΝΙΩΝ (Greek).Zeus Ithomatas right, naked, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle standing on left arm.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Messene

Ancient region:

Peloponnesus

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Messenian League

Chronology

From

370 BCE

to

330 BCE

Period: Classical ^{480-323 BC}

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

12.00

Denomination:

didrachm

Standard:

Image

File:RQEM ad 434.jpg

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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.]]1Grandjean 2003, series I
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ^ᵖ	Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
3	1	100	3	100	1
Total	1 of 1	100	3 of 3	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	0
Number of reverse dies (r)	1	Number of coins (n)	3
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	3	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	3
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	0 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ^ᵖ	1.27	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	25,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ^ᵖ (O)	1.5	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	0.00012
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	100%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ^ᵖ	4,724.41
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ^ᵖ	305 kg <br /> 305 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ^ᵖ	11,811.02

Remarks

References

^ C. Grandjean, Les Messéniens de 370/369 au 1er siècle de notre ère. Monnayages et histoire, Athens, 2003