S 659 - Uncertain mint, silver, didrachm, 162-145 BC

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 9368

162 - 145 Silver 0 kg

Description

Obverse:	Head of Ptolemy I Soter to right, wearing diadem and aegis around neck.
Reverse:	ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΣΟΤΗΡΟΣ (Greek).Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt. In field, date.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Ancient region:

Modern country:

Authority:

Chronology

From

162

to

145

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Denomination:

didrachm

Standard:

Image

]]S 659 - Uncertain mint Didrachm 162-145 BC (Olivier 2012, Planche XXX, 3042).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. 156-165, no. 2993-3246 and 3248-3315.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
3	1	2.13	3	0.93	D48
4	1	2.13	4	1.24	D43
7	1	2.13	7	2.17	D18
8	1	2.13	8	2.48	D12
11	1	2.13	11	3.42	D27
13	1	2.13	13	4.04	D21
14	1	2.13	14	4.35	D42
18	1	2.13	18	5.59	D22
19	1	2.13	19	5.9	D28
22	1	2.13	22	6.83	D26
23	1	2.13	23	7.14	D33
26	1	2.13	26	8.07	D13
9	3	6.38	27	8.39	D12
1	12	25.53	12	3.73	D3, D7, D8, D14, D17, D19, D23, D24, D38, D41, D45, D49
2	8	17.02	16	4.97	D9, D10, D11, D20, D25, D29, D40, D44
5	3	6.38	15	4.66	D1, D31, D47
6	3	6.38	18	5.59	D5, D16, D34
10	4	8.51	40	12.42	D2, D4, D37, D39
12	2	4.26	24	7.45	D35, D46
Total	47 of 47	100.02	320 of 322	99.37

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	47	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	12
Number of reverse dies (r)	153	Number of coins (n)	322
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	6.85	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2.1
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	3.26	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	25.53 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	49.69	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	993,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	55.03	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00032
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	96.27%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	12,960.35
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	32,400.89

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