S 300 - Naxos, silver, didrachms (200-180 BCE)
From SILVER
200 BCE - 180 BCE Silver 1,453 kg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of bearded Dionysus r., wearing ivy wreath. |
| ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | NAΞI (Greek).Wreathed kantharos on a high foot with low handles, to r., thyrsos, ΚΡΗΘΕ |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Naxos | Ancient regionAncient region.: | Cyclades | 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. | 200 BCE | toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 180 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.: | Silver
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Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams | 7.60 | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: | didrachm
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StandardStandard.: | Attic |
Image
S300 Naxos didrachms.jpg [1]
References
| Die study referencePublication of the study: | Nicolet-Pierre 19991Nicolet-Pierre 1999, p. 97-102 | ||
| Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HGC 62HGC 6, n° 629 | ||
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
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 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 3.45 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 13.79 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 20.69 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 12.5 | 4 | 13.79 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 12.5 | 5 | 17.24 | 5 |
| 9 | 1 | 12.5 | 9 | 31.03 | 6 |
| Total | 8 of 8 | 100 | 29 of 29 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r) | 15 | Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n) | 29 |
| Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o) | 3.63 | Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r) | 1.93 |
| Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o) | 1.88 | Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 12.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ | 9.56 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ | 191,200 |
| 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) | 11.05 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ | 0.00015 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 96.55% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ | 6,066.95 |
| 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 | 1,453 kg <br /> 1,453 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ | 15,167.36 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Nicolet-Pierre, Hélène (1999), "Les cratérophores de Naxos (Cyclades) : émissions monétaires d’argent à l’époque hellénistique", Revue numismatique, 154, p. 95-119, pl. 13-22
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Iionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
