S 119 - Phacium, bronze, NC, 300-200 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8429

300 BCE - 200 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Wreathed head of nymph to right, with triple-pendant earring.
Reverse:	ΦΑΚΙΑΣΤΩΝ (Greek).Horseman, with right hand raised in salute, riding prancing horse to right, between horse's back legs, grain ear.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Phacium

Ancient region:

Thessaly

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

300 BCE

to

200 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Denomination:

NC

Standard:

Image

]]S 119 - Phacium, bronze, NC, 300-200 BC.jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Papaevangelou 1996, p. 33-45, pl. 4-6.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	3	33.33	3	7.14
2	1	11.11	2	4.76
3	2	22.22	6	14.29
4	1	11.11	4	9.52
7	1	11.11	7	16.67
20	1	11.11	20	47.62
Total	9 of 9	99.99	42 of 42	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	9	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	3
Number of reverse dies (r)	25	Number of coins (n)	42
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4.67	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.68
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	2.78	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	33.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	10.13	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	202,600
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	11.45	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00021
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	92.86%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	8,292.2
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	n.a.	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	20,730.5

Remarks