Rhegium, silver, hemidrachms (facing lion/olive sprig) (420-387 BCE)
From SILVER
420 BCE - 387 BCE Silver 556 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Facing head of a lion. |
| Reverse: | ΡΗ (Greek).ΡΗ Olive sprig. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Rhegium | Ancient region: | Modern country: Italy | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 420 BCE | to | 387 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
|
Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
|
Median weight in grams | 2.05 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
|
Standard: |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Herzfelder 1957, troisième série. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMAC, n° 37a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HN Italy, n° 2498-2499, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 1, n° 1648 | ||
| Coin series web reference: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | Number of coins (n) | 12 | |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.71 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.57 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 271,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 16.8 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00004 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,768.61 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 556 kg <br /> 556 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,421.52 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Herzfelder, Hubert (1957), Les monnaies d’argent de Rhégion frappées entre 461 et le milieu du IVe siècle av. J.-C., Paris, 1957, 154 p., 20 pl.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm
