S 345 - Miletus, silver, hemidrachm, 170-150 BC
From SILVER
170 BCE - 150 BCE Silver 975 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. |
| Reverse: | monogram of the city (Greek).Lion 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 | 170 BCE | to | 150 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 2.40 | 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, hemidrachma of the phase II). | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 4 | 1 | 5.56 | 4 | 4.82 | O18 |
| 7 | 1 | 5.56 | 7 | 8.43 | O16 |
| 29 | 1 | 5.56 | 29 | 34.94 | O22 |
| 1 | 8 | 44.44 | 8 | 9.64 | O17, O19, O20, O24, O33, O37, O48, O45A |
| 2 | 2 | 11.11 | 4 | 4.82 | O21, O51 |
| 3 | 2 | 11.11 | 6 | 7.23 | O25, O36 |
| 8 | 2 | 11.11 | 16 | 19.28 | O23, O26 |
| 9 | 1 | 5.56 | 9 | 10.84 | O23, O26 |
| Total | 18 of 18 | 100.01 | 83 of 83 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 18 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 8 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 34 | Number of coins (n) | 83 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4.61 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.44 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.89 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 44.44 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 20.31 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 406,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 22.98 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00020 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 90.36% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 8,173.31 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 975 kg <br /> 975 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 20,433.28 |
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.
