S 1618 - Ionia (uncertain mint - Pegasus), electrum, tritai (550-525 BCE)
From SILVER
550 BCE - 525 BCE Electrum 9,579 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasos walking left |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Two incuse squares |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Ionia (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Ionia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 550 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 525 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic until 480 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Electrum http://nomisma.org/id/el | Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 4.70 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | trite ![]() |
StandardStandard.: | Lydo-ilesian |
Image

S1618 Ionia Pegasus tritai.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | Fischer-Bossert 2016d1Fischer-Bossert 2016d, p. 11-12, n° 1-8 | ||
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: |
Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 4 |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 14 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 24 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 3 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.71 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.75 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 10.19 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 203,800 |
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) | 12 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00012 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 83.33% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 4,710.5 |
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 | 9,579 kg <br /> 9,579 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 11,776.25 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (2016), "Horses with and without wings", in in Michele Asolati, Bruno Callegher and Andrea Saccocci (eds.), Suadente nummo vetere. Studi in in onore di Giovanni Gorini, Padova, p. 1-21