S 1432 - Dyrrhachium, silver, hemidrachm, 168-120 BC
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168 BCE - 120 BCE Silver 272 kg
Description
| Obverse: | |
| Reverse: | ΔYP (Greek). |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Dyrrhachium | Ancient region: | Illyricum | Modern country: Albania | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 168 BCE | to | 120 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.80 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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Standard: |
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Meta 2015, (series III, phase III - p. 61-130 du catalogue). | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 28.57 | D53 (issue 20), D7 (issue 31) |
| 2 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 57.14 | D7 (issue 20), D20 (issue 20) |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 6 of 7 | 85.71 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 4 | Number of coins (n) | 7 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.75 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 7.55 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 151,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 9.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 71.43% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,854.3 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 272 kg <br /> 272 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,635.76 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Meta, Albana (2015), Le monnayage en argent de Dyrrachion. 375-60/55 av. J.-C., Athens, 405 p.
