Rhegium, silver, litrae (480-461 BCE)
From SILVER
480 BCE - 461 BCE Silver 441 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Hare springing to right |
| Reverse: | REC (Greek).REC within dotted circle |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Rhegium | Ancient region: | Bruttium | Modern country: Italy | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 480 BCE | to | 461 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.65 | Denomination: | litra
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Standard: |
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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.]]1Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, n° 113-137 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 497, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 33, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HN Italy, n° 2475 | ||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 22 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 19 | Number of coins (n) | 47 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.14 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.47 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.86 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 40.91 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 33.93 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 678,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 41.36 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 80.85% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,770.41 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 441 kg <br /> 441 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 6,926.02 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Caccamo Caltabiano, Maria (1993), La monetazione di Messana. Con le emissioni di Rhegion dell’eta della tirannide, AMUGS XIII, Berlin-New York, xviii, 383 p., 94 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ 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.
