Rhegium, silver, litrae (hare springing/PEC) (494-486 BCE)
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494 BCE - 486 BCE Silver 756 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Hare springing to right |
| Reverse: | PEC (Greek).REC within dotted circle |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Rhegium | Ancient region: | Bruttium | Modern country: Italy | Authority: | Anaxilas II (494-476 BCE) |
Chronology
| From | 494 BCE | to | 486 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.90 | 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° 36-42. | ||
| 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° 30a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 1, n° 1649, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HN Italy, n° 2475 | ||
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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 | 6 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 8 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.14 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.14 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 85.71 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 42.01 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 840,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 56 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00001 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 25% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 380.86 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 756 kg <br /> 756 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 952.15 |
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.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ 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
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
