S 640 - Uncertain mint, gold, mnaieion, 203-198 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 8670

203 - 198 Gold 0 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Different types: 1)Draped and diademed bust of Ptolemy V right, 2) Head of Arsinoe III to right, wearing stephane, tip of a lotos-tipped scepter visible behind her left shoulder
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	Different types : 1) ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; 2) ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΣ (?) (Greek).Different types : 1)Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt, with wings closed, 2)Cornucopiae filled with fruits and bound with fillet

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Modern countryModern country:

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:

Ptolemy V Epiphanes (Ptolemaic king, 204-181 BC)

Chronology

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

203

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

198

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

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	Gold	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.:	mnaieion	StandardStandard.:
List of weightsList of the actual weights of a numismatic object (in grams).:	27.6927.69 g <br />27,690 mg <br />

Image

S 640 - Uncertain mint Mnaieia 203-198 (Olivier 2012, Planche XXVI, 2681 and 2736).png

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Olivier 20121Olivier 2012, p. 142, no. 2681, 2696, 2711-2716, 2736, 2750 and 2762.
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	1	33.33	1	9.09	D9
2	1	33.33	2	18.18	D11
8	1	33.33	8	72.73	D1
Total	3 of 3	99.99	11 of 11	100

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	1
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	7	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	11
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	3.67	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)	1.57
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)	2.33	Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	33.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	3.58	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	71,600
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)	4.13	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00015
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	90.91%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	6,145.25
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	0 kg <br /> 0 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	15,363.13

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