S 1286 - Heracleia Pontica, electrum, hektai (530-490 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9479

530 BCE - 490 BCE Electrum 40,279 kg

Description

Obverse:	Hear of Herakles with lionskin to l.
Reverse:	Quadripartite incuse square

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Heracleia Pontica

Ancient region:

Bithynia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Chronology

From

530 BCE

to

490 BCE

Period: Archaic until 480 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Electrum http://nomisma.org/id/el

Median weight in grams

2.60

Denomination:

hekte

Standard:

Phokaian

Image

]]S1286 Herakleia Pontica hektai.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.]]1Fischer-Bossert 2020b, p. 15–164 (no. 1-15).
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	21	28.77	21	4.32	9, 12, 22, 23, 27, 33, 37, 44, 45, 48, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 63, 64, 66, 72
2	8	10.96	16	3.29	10, 21, 30, 52, 58, 61, 70, 71
3	2	2.74	6	1.23	35, 62
4	4	5.48	16	3.29	18, 19, 36, 59
5	2	2.74	10	2.06	20, 41
6	8	10.96	48	9.88	3, 7, 8, 16, 24, 25, 34, 42
7	3	4.11	21	4.32	5, 40, 43
8	4	5.48	32	6.58	4, 17, 28, 67
9	4	5.48	36	7.41	6, 32, 49, 69
10	1	1.37	10	2.06	39
11	2	2.74	22	4.53	29, 73
12	3	4.11	36	7.41	13, 26, 50
13	3	4.11	39	8.02	1, 11, 15
14	2	2.74	28	5.76	31, 68
18	1	1.37	18	3.7	38
20	1	1.37	20	4.12	47
21	1	1.37	21	4.32	2
24	1	1.37	24	4.94	14
29	1	1.37	29	5.97	46
33	1	1.37	33	6.79	65
Total	73 of 73	100.01	486 of 486	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	73	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	21
Number of reverse dies (r)	119	Number of coins (n)	486
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	6.66	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	4.08
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.63	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	28.77 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	77.46	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	1,549,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	85.9	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00031
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	95.68%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	12,548.41
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	40,279 kg <br /> 40,279 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	31,371.03

Remarks

[[Remarks::There are also 9 coins (7 obverses [74-79] and 7 reverses [120-126]) dated c. 480-420 BCE: p. 116-117, n° 162-168]]