S 1919 - Phocis (various mints) (Phocian League), silver, obols (510-460)
From SILVER
510 BCE - 460 BCE Silver 1,890 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | (Head of bull facing). |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Boar left |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Phocis (various mints) | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Phocis | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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: | Phocian League |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 510 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 460 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Archaic and Classical |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver 
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 0.90 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | obol
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StandardStandard.: |
Image
S1919 Phocis obols Gr. I-II.jpg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Williams 19721Williams 1972, p. 72-96 (Periods I-II) | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear I2Sear I, n° 2349, HGC 43HGC 4, n° 1052 | ||
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 | 36 | 45.57 | 36 | 16.67 | 6, 7, 24, 27, 29, 32, 34, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 68, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 93, 94, 97, 98, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116 |
| 2 | 15 | 18.99 | 30 | 13.89 | 10, 30, 35, 37, 38, 41, 48, 61, 63, 70, 72, 76, 95, 96, 112 |
| 3 | 9 | 11.39 | 27 | 12.5 | 8, 21, 25, 28, 31, 62, 69, 75, 102 |
| 4 | 4 | 5.06 | 16 | 7.41 | 9, 66, 67, 92 |
| 5 | 5 | 6.33 | 25 | 11.57 | 26, 49, 65, 88, 90 |
| 6 | 4 | 5.06 | 24 | 11.11 | 22, 23, 36, 91 |
| 7 | 1 | 1.27 | 7 | 3.24 | 86 |
| 8 | 3 | 3.8 | 24 | 11.11 | 33, 47, 89 |
| 9 | 1 | 1.27 | 9 | 4.17 | 103 |
| 18 | 1 | 1.27 | 18 | 8.33 | 87 |
| Total | 79 of 79 | 100.01 | 216 of 216 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 79 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 36 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 216 | |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 2.73 | 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 | 45.57 % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 105 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 2,100,000 |
| 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) | 124.55 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00010 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 83.33% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 4,114.29 |
| 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 | 1,890 kg <br /> 1,890 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 10,285.71 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation There is one single half-obol too: p. 82, n° 75 (obv. 54)
References
- ^ Williams, Roderick T. (1972), The silver coinage of the Phokians, RNS Spec. Publ. 7, London, ix + 138 p., 16 pl.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
