S 1670 - Malaca, bronze, quadrantes (100-30 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 10834

100 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	(Punic).Head of Vulcan to the right, behind pincers and Punic legend type B
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	Tetrastyle temple

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.

100 BCE

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

30 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

4.00

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

quadrans

StandardStandard.:

Image

S 1670 - Malaca, bronze, quadrantes (100-30 BCE).jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Campo - Mora-Serrano 19951Campo - Mora-Serrano 1995, p. 269-275, n° 241-269 (Period III, Series 5) and p. 283, n° 310-313 (Series 6)
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).
1	6	27.27	6	6.59	6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16
2	6	27.27	12	13.19	4, 11, 13, 14, 6/2, 6/4
3	3	13.64	9	9.89	5, 15, 6/1
4	2	9.09	8	8.79	9, 6/3
5	1	4.55	5	5.49	1
10	1	4.55	10	10.99	2
11	1	4.55	11	12.09	3
14	1	4.55	14	15.38	18
16	1	4.55	16	17.58	17
Total	22 of 22	100.02	91 of 91	99.99

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	22	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	6
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	28	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	91
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	4.14	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	3.25
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.27	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	27.27 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	25.43	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	508,600
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)	29.01	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00018
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	93.41%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	7,156.9
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	17,892.25

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