S 338 - Dyrrhachium, silver, drachma, 270-225 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9197

270 BCE - 225 BCE Silver 10,529 kg

Description

Obverse:
Reverse:	ΔYP (Greek).

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Dyrrhachium

Ancient region:

Illyricum

Modern country: Albania

Authority:

Chronology

From

270 BCE

to

225 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

2.10

Denomination:

drachma

Standard:

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Meta 2015, (series III, phase I - p. 61-130 du catalogue).
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	66	73.33	66	52.38	D1 (issue 1), D1 (issue 2), D2 (issue 2), D3 (issue 2), D1 (issue 3), D2 (issue 3), D5 (issue 3), D7 (issue 3), D2 (issue 5), D3 (issue 5), D4 (issue 5), D6 (issue 5), D7 (issue 5), D8 (issue 5), D11 (issue 5), D12 (issue 5), D13 (issue 5), D14 (issue 5), D16 (issue 5), D17 (issue 5), D18 (issue 5), D2 (issue 6), D3 (issue 6), D4 (issue 6), D6 (issue 6), D2 (issue 7), D4 (issue 7), D6 (issue 7), D7 (issue 7), D8 (issue 7), D9 (issue 7), D12 (issue 7), D13 (issue 7), D14 (issue 7), D15 (issue 7), D18 (issue 7), D20 (issue 7), D1 (issue 9), D2 (issue 9), D4 (issue 9), D5 (issue 9), D7 (issue 9), D8 (issue 9), D9 (issue 9), D1 (issue 10), D2 (issue 10), D3 (issue 10), D4 (issue 10), D5 (issue 10), D7 (issue 10), D9 (issue 10), D10 (issue 10), D11 (issue 10), D12 (issue 10), D14 (issue 10), D15 (issue 10), D17 (issue 10), D18 (issue 10), D19 (issue 10), D20 (issue 10), D22 (issue 10), D23 (issue 10), D24 (issue 10), D25 (issue 10), D26 (issue 10), D1 (issue 11)
2	14	15.56	28	22.22	D8 (issue 3), D1 (issue 4), D5 (issue 5), D10 (issue 5), D1 (issue 6), D1 (issue 7), D3 (issue 7), D11 (issue 7), D17 (issue 7), D19 (issue 7), D3 (issue 9), D6 (issue 9), D8 (issue 10), D13 (issue 10)
3	8	8.89	24	19.05	D6 (issue 3), D9 (issue 3), D9 (issue 5), D15 (issue 5), D10 (issue 7), D16 (issue 7), D6 (issue 10), D21 (issue 10)
4	2	2.22	8	6.35	D4 (issue 3), D16 (issue 10)
Total	90 of 90	100	126 of 126	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	90	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	66
Number of reverse dies (r)	102	Number of coins (n)	126
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.4	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.24
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.13	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	73.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	250.7	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	5,014,000
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	315	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	47.62%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,005.19
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	10,529 kg <br /> 10,529 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	2,512.96

Remarks