S 108 - Alexandria, bronze, NC, 115/4-114/3 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8234

114 BCE - 113 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Heracles left, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. In field, monogram.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek).Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, monogram in left field, date in right field

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Alexandria

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Egypt

Modern countryModern country: Egypt

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Cleopatra III of Egypt (Ptolemaic queen, 142-131 and 127-116 BC), Ptolemy IX Soter II (Ptolemaic king, 116-110, 109-107 and 88-81 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

114 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

113 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Bronze

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

8.00

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

StandardStandard.:

Ptolemaic

Image

S 108 - Alexandria bronze NC 115-4-114-3 BC (Faucher - Shahin 2006, Pl. 14 DR Nalex 1709).png

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Faucher - Shahin 20061Faucher - Shahin 2006, p. 135-157, pl. 10-14.
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Obverse dies distribution

FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ	Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	% (n)	Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1	9	42.86	9	17.65	1, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 22
2	6	28.57	12	23.53	4, 6, 8, 12, 17, 19
3	1	4.76	3	5.88	2
5	3	14.29	15	29.41	3, 5, 7
6	2	9.52	12	23.53	15, 16
Total	21 of 21	100	51 of 51	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	21	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	9
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	NC"NC" is not a number.	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	51
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2.43	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	42.86 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	29.76	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	595,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011 ᵖ (O)	35.7	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00009
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	82.35%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	3,427.42
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum) ᵖ	n.a.	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	8,568.55

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