Rhegium, silver, tetradrachms (Apollo/facing lion) (356-351 BCE)
From SILVER
356 BCE - 351 BCE Silver 683 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Laureate head of Apollo left, hair falling loosely behind neck, border dots |
| Reverse: | ΡΗΓΙΝΟΣ (Greek).ΡΗΓΙΝΟΣ |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Rhegium | Ancient region: | bruttium | Modern country: Italy | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 356 BCE | to | 351 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
|
Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
|
Median weight in grams | 16.90 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
|
Standard: | Attic |
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° 36a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HN Italy, n° 2501, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 1, n° 1639 | ||
| Coin series web reference: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 2 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 3 | Number of coins (n) | 22 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 11 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 7.33 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.5 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 2.02 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 40,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 2.2 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00054 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 21,782.18 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 683 kg <br /> 683 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 54,455.45 |
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
