S 1671 - Malaca, bronze, sextantes (100-30 BCE)
From SILVER
100 BCE - 30 BCE Bronze
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | (Punic).Vulcan head to the right, behind type A Punic legend |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Eight-ray star |
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 
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Bronze
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 2.40 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | sextans
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StandardStandard.: |
Image
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References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Campo - Mora-Serrano 19951Campo - Mora-Serrano 1995, p. 275-278, n° 270-290 (Period III) | ||
| 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 | 9 | 42.86 | 9 | 22.5 | 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18 |
| 2 | 8 | 38.1 | 16 | 40 | 1, 2, 9, 10, 12, 16, 19, 20 |
| 3 | 1 | 4.76 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 14.29 | 12 | 30 | 4, 17, 21 |
| Total | 21 of 21 | 100.01 | 40 of 40 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 21 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 9 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 40 | |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 1.9 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 42.86 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 35.86 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 717,200 |
| 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) | 44.21 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00006 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 77.5% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 2,230.9 |
| 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 | 5,577.24 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Campo, Marta - Mora-Serrano, Bartolomé (1995), Las monedas de Malaca, Madrid, Museo Casa de la Moneda, 341 p.
