S 1644 - Nysa, silver, cistophori (85-61 BCE)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 11314


85 BCE - 61 BCE Silver 24,157 kg

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Cista mystica with serpent, all within ivy wreath
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ANTI / OXOΣ / AΛE (Greek).Bowcase between two serpents. Controls: to left, star above NVΣ, to right, Dionysos standing facing, holding thyrsos and with panther to right, IE (date) to upper right
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Nysa Ancient regionAncient region.: Lydia 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: Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 61 BCE PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams 12.30 DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: cistophorus Nomisma.org StandardStandard.:
Image
S1644 Nysa cistophori.jpg [1]
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: Metcalf 20151Metcalf 2015
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear II2Sear II, n° 4709
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:



Obverse dies distribution
FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution.  Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) % (o) Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) % (n) Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
1 31 81.58 31 56.36 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
2 2 5.26 4 7.27 2, 29
3 2 5.26 6 10.91 21, 31
4 1 2.63 4 7.27 26
5 2 5.26 10 18.18 5, 27
Total 38 of 38 99.99 55 of 55 99.99
Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available


Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies.  (o) 38 Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins.  31
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) 51 Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) 55
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) 1.45 Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) 1.08
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) 1.34 Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1)  81.58 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983  98.2 Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000.  1,964,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to the singleton formula in Esty 2011  (O) 122.94 Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000.  0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O)  (o = % of O) 43.64% Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000.  1,120.16
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula)Carter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)  24,157 kg <br /> 24,157 kg Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000.  2,800.41
Remarks


References

  1. ^  Metcalf, Willima E. (2015), "The cistophori of Nysa", in Peter van Alfen, Gilles Bransbourg and Michel Amandry (eds.), FIDES. Contributions to numismatics in honor of Richard B. Witschonke, New York, p. 311-319.
  2. ^  Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762