S 1690 - Miletus, silver, drachms (200-115 BCE) Kinns Phases I-III
From SILVER
200 BCE - 115 BCE Silver 14,582 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Laureate head of Apollo r. |
| Reverse: | (Greek).Lion standing r., head turned back, above, star and in r. field, monograms. In exergue, MEΛANΘI / OΣ |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Miletus | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 200 BCE | to | 115 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.90 | Denomination: | drachma
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Standard: |
Image
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Kinns 1998, p. 183-187 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 52 | 55.32 | 52 | 26.8 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 45, 48, 51, 52, 55, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 77, 81, 82, 83, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94 |
| 2 | 20 | 21.28 | 40 | 20.62 | 16, 18, 46, 47, 54, 56, 60, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80, 86, 88, 91 |
| 3 | 8 | 8.51 | 24 | 12.37 | 7, 8, 10, 27, 42, 57, 67, 84 |
| 4 | 3 | 3.19 | 12 | 6.19 | 12, 26, 50 |
| 5 | 7 | 7.45 | 35 | 18.04 | 5, 23, 39, 43, 49, 53, 85 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.06 | 7 | 3.61 | 62 |
| 8 | 3 | 3.19 | 24 | 12.37 | 22, 44, 69 |
| Total | 94 of 94 | 100 | 194 of 194 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 94 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 52 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 169 | Number of coins (n) | 194 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.06 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.15 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.8 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 55.32 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 148.8 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 2,976,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 182.36 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00007 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 73.2% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 2,607.53 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 14,582 kg <br /> 14,582 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 6,518.82 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Kinns, Philip (1998), "CH 8, 474: Milesian Silver Coinage in the Second Century BC", in Richard Ashton and Silvia Hurter (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in Memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 175-195, pl. 38-46.
