S 1668 - Malaca, bronze, units (175-100 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 10828

175 BCE - 100 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	(Punic).Head of Vulcan to the right, pincers behind and type A Punic legend
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	Head of Helios from the front

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Malaca

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Hispania Ulterior

Modern countryModern country: Spain

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.

175 BCE

toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

100 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Bronze

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

10.80

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:

unit

StandardStandard.:

Image

S 1668 - Malaca, bronze, units (175-50 BCE).jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Campo - Mora-Serrano 19951Campo - Mora-Serrano 1995, p. 227-257, n° 20-165 (Period II)
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Obverse dies distribution

FrequencyFrequency of specimen in distribution. ᵖ	Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	% (n)	Die nameName(s) of the die(s).
3	2	6.25	6	1.02	10, 31
4	3	9.38	12	2.03	6, 22, 24
7	3	9.38	21	3.55	2, 18, 30
10	2	6.25	20	3.38	19, 28
11	2	6.25	22	3.72	25, 32
13	1	3.13	13	2.2	12
14	2	6.25	28	4.74	4, 7
15	1	3.13	15	2.54	14
16	1	3.13	16	2.71	9
17	1	3.13	17	2.88	23
18	1	3.13	18	3.05	27
19	2	6.25	38	6.43	5, 20
21	1	3.13	21	3.55	21
22	1	3.13	22	3.72	29
24	1	3.13	24	4.06	1
25	1	3.13	25	4.23	11
26	1	3.13	26	4.4	26
29	1	3.13	29	4.91	8
35	2	6.25	70	11.84	15, 16
37	1	3.13	37	6.26	17
43	1	3.13	43	7.28	13
68	1	3.13	68	11.51	3
Total	32 of 32	100.08	591 of 591	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	32	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	110	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	591
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	18.47	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	5.37
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	3.44	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	%
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	31.27	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	625,400
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)	33.83	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00094
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	37,799.81
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	n.a.	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	94,499.52

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