S 1433 - Dyrrhachium, silver, hemidrachm, 120-70 BC
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120 BCE - 70 BCE Silver 727 kg
Description
| Obverse: | |
| Reverse: | ΔYP (Greek). |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Dyrrhachium | Ancient region: | Illyricum | Modern country: Albania | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 120 BCE | to | 70 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 IV - 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 |
| 7 | 1 | 7.14 | 7 | 21.21 | D13 (issue 49) |
| 1 | 5 | 35.71 | 5 | 15.15 | D14 (issue 32), D20 (issue 33), D16 (issue 52), D17 (issue 52), D4 (issue 58) |
| 2 | 5 | 35.71 | 10 | 30.3 | D13 (issue 32), D13 (issue 36), D4 (issue 37), D3 (issue 63), D8 (issue 74) |
| 3 | 3 | 21.43 | 9 | 27.27 | D11 (issue 35), D7 (issue 44), D14 (issue 45) |
| Total | 14 of 14 | 99.99 | 31 of 33 | 93.93 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 14 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 17 | Number of coins (n) | 33 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.36 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.94 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.21 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 35.71 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 20.2 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 404,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 24.32 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 84.85% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,267.33 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 727 kg <br /> 727 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 8,168.32 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Meta, Albana (2015), Le monnayage en argent de Dyrrachion. 375-60/55 av. J.-C., Athens, 405 p.
