S 2042 - Alexandria (Ptolemy V), silver, tetradrachms (199-198 BCE)
From SILVER
199 BCE - 198 BCE Silver 1,847 kg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed bust of Ptolemy I to right, wearing aegis, and with a six-pointed star on his diadem at the large curl of hair above Ptolemy I's ear |
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠTOΛEMAIOΥ ΣΩΤΗPΟΣ (Greek).Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, in the field to left, monogram of ΑΡ, to right, spearhead upwards |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Alexandria | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Egypt | Modern countryModern country: Egypt | 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: | Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy V Epiphanes (Ptolemaic king, 204-181 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 199 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 198 BCE | PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | Silver | Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 14.10 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | tetradrachm | StandardStandard.: | Ptolemaic |
References
Die study referencePublication of the study: | Carlen 20191 | ||
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). |
2 | 1 | 16.67 | 2 | 6.06 | 2 |
3 | 2 | 33.33 | 6 | 18.18 | 4, 6 |
7 | 1 | 16.67 | 7 | 21.21 | 3 |
8 | 1 | 16.67 | 8 | 24.24 | 5 |
10 | 1 | 16.67 | 10 | 30.3 | 1 |
Total | 6 of 6 | 100.01 | 33 of 33 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 6 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | |
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 16 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 33 |
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 5.5 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 2.06 |
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 2.67 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 6.55 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 131,000 |
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) | 7.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00025 |
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 10,076.34 |
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 | 1,847 kg <br /> 1,847 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 25,190.84 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Carlen Eric (2019), "The Spearhead and Monogram Coinage of Ptolemy V," American Numismatic Journal, 2nd ser., 31, p. 97-118, pl. 18-23.