S 606 - Paphos (Ptolemy VIII), gold, mnaieia (141-134 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8790

141 BCE - 134 BCE Gold 26,980 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Arsinoe II to right, wearing diadem, veil and scepter.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ (Greek).Double cornucopia. In field, date and duck.

Mint and issuing power

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

Paphos

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Cyprus

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:

Arsinoe II (queen of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia, Ptolemaic queen and co-ruler of Egypt, c. 300-c. 270 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy VIII Physcon (169-164, 144-132/1 and 126-116 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.

141 BCE

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

134 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:

Gold

Median weightMedian of the weights of numismatic objects (in grams). in grams

27.70

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

mnaieion

StandardStandard.:

Ptolemaic

Image

S 606 - Paphos Ptolemy VIII Mnaieia 141-134 (Olivier 2012, Planche I, 30).png

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Olivier 20121Olivier 2012, p. 50, no. 29-34.
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	2	66.67	2	33.33	18, 19
2	1	33.33	2	33.33	17
Total	3 of 3	100	4 of 6	66.66

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	3	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	2
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	4	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	6
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.5
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	1.33	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	66.67 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	4.87	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	97,400
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)	6	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	66.67%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	2,464.07
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	26,980 kg <br /> 26,980 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	6,160.16

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