S 1674 - Arse-Saguntum, bronze, quadrantes (195-130 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 10843

195 BCE - 130 BCE Bronze

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Scallop shell
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	(Iberic).Dolphin right, above, crescent, below, Iberian letter 'a' and three pellets

Mint and issuing power

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

Arse-Saguntum

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Hispania Citerior

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:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

195 BCE

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

130 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

2.90

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

quarter

StandardStandard.:

Image

S 1674 - Arse, bronze, quarters (195-130 BCE).jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Ripollès - Llorens 20021Ripollès - Llorens 2002, p. 400-413: O81-112/ R104-137 (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).
1	2	6.06	2	0.71	100, 110
2	6	18.18	12	4.26	91, 94, 95, 96, 98, 105
3	2	6.06	6	2.13	87, 90
4	4	12.12	16	5.67	82, 84, 89, 99
5	3	9.09	15	5.32	85, 88, 109
6	1	3.03	6	2.13	83
7	2	6.06	14	4.96	81, 113
10	1	3.03	10	3.55	86
11	1	3.03	11	3.9	111
12	1	3.03	12	4.26	93
14	3	9.09	42	14.89	102, 107, 108
16	2	6.06	32	11.35	101, 104
19	3	9.09	57	20.21	97, 103, 112
22	1	3.03	22	7.8	106
25	1	3.03	25	8.87	92
Total	33 of 33	99.99	282 of 282	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	33	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	2
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	35	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	282
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	8.55	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	8.06
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.06	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	6.06 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	34.01	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	680,200
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)	37.37	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00041
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	99.29%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	16,583.36
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	41,458.39

Remarks

Most likely two workstations See chart p. 191-192