S 633 - Paphos (Ptolemy IX), silver, tetradrachms (100-90 BCE) Olivier

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8925

100 BCE - 90 BCE Silver 3,931 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Head of Ptolemy I Soter to right, wearing diadem and aegis around neck.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΣΟΤΗΡΟΣ (Greek).Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt. In field, date.

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:

Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC), Ptolemy IX Soter II (Ptolemaic king, 116-110, 109-107 and 88-81 BC)

Chronology

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

100 BCE

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

90 BCE

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

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

14.10

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

tetradrachm

StandardStandard.:

Ptolemaic

Image

S 633 Paphos Ptolemy IX Tetradrachm (100-90 BCE).jpg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Olivier 20121Olivier 2012, p. 132-133, n° 2526-2550.
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	4	40	4	16	426, 427, 428, 429
2	1	10	2	8	420
3	3	30	9	36	422, 423, 425
4	1	10	4	16	421
6	1	10	6	24	424
Total	10 of 10	100	25 of 25	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	10	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	4
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	20	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	25
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	2.5	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.25
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	2	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	40 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	13.94	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	278,800
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)	16.67	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00009
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	84%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	3,586.8
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	3,931 kg <br /> 3,931 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	8,967

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