S 343 - Miletus, silver, hemidrachm, 200-190 BC
From SILVER
200 BCE - 190 BCE Silver 252 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. |
| Reverse: | monogram of the city (Greek).Lion left or right, head reverted, above, a star. In the field, name and monogram. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Miletus | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 200 BCE | to | 190 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 2.30 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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Standard: |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Kinns 1998, p. 175-195, pl. 38-46 (catalog p. 183-195, hemidrachmas of the phase I). | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 4 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 14.81 | O13 |
| 8 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 29.63 | O5 |
| 12 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 44.44 | O12 |
| 1 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 7.41 | O1, O4 |
| Total | 5 of 5 | 100 | 26 of 27 | 96.29 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 10 | Number of coins (n) | 27 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 5.4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.7 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 40 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 5.48 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 109,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 6.14 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00025 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 92.59% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 9,854.01 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 252 kg <br /> 252 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 24,635.04 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Kinns, Philip (1998), "CH 8, 474: Milesian Silver Coinage in the Second Century BC", in Richard Ashton and Silvia Hurter (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in Memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 175-195, pl. 38-46.
