S 331 - Dyrrhachium, silver, didrachm, 350-300 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 9388

350 BCE - 300 BCE Silver 7,992 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	(Δ, ΔYP, ΔYPPA or ΔYPPAXINΩN) (Greek).

Mint and issuing power

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

Dyrrhachium

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Illyricum

Modern countryModern country: Albania

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.

350 BCE

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

300 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical and Hellenistic

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

8.70

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

didrachm

StandardStandard.:

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Meta 20151Meta 2015, (series I - p. 15-25 du catalogue).
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	12	27.27	12	3.59	D5, D6, D12, D14, D22, D29, D32, D33, D37, D40, D43
2	6	13.64	12	3.59	D15, D21, D23, D26, D30, D34
3	3	6.82	9	2.69	D1, D19, D20
4	2	4.55	8	2.4	D25, D27
5	3	6.82	15	4.49	D2, D3, D42
6	2	4.55	12	3.59	D7, D24
8	1	2.27	8	2.4	D16
10	1	2.27	10	2.99	D38
11	1	2.27	11	3.29	D17
13	4	9.09	52	15.57	D8, D31, D36, D41
14	1	2.27	14	4.19	D10
16	1	2.27	16	4.79	D11
17	3	6.82	51	15.27	D13, D18, D39
18	1	2.27	18	5.39	D35
19	1	2.27	19	5.69	D4
25	1	2.27	25	7.49	D9
41	1	2.27	41	12.28	D28
Total	44 of 44	99.99	333 of 334	99.7

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	44	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	12
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	76	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	334
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	7.59	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	4.39
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.73	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	27.27 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	45.93	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	918,600
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)	50.68	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00036
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	96.41%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	14,543.87
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	7,992 kg <br /> 7,992 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	36,359.68

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