S 638 - Uncertain mint, silver, hemidrachm, 185-170 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9020

185 - 170 Silver 0 kg

Description

Obverse:	Bust of Dionysos to right, wearing vine wreath and thyrsus.
Reverse:	ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Greek).Eagle standing left, wings open, on thunderbolt.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Ancient region:

Modern country:

Authority:

Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC)

Chronology

From

185

to

170

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Denomination:

hemidrachm

Standard:

Image

]]S 638 - Uncertain mint Hemidrachm 185-170 (Olivier 2012, Planche XXIV, 2572).png

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Olivier 2012, p. 135, no. 2572-2574.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	2	100	2	66.67	D13, D14
Total	2 of 2	100	2 of 3	66.67

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	2
Number of reverse dies (r)	2	Number of coins (n)	3
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.5	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.5
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	100 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	4.81	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	96,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	6	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	33.33%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,247.4
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	0 kg <br /> 0 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	3,118.5

Remarks