AC 267 - Xanthus (Wekhssere I), silver, staters (460-435 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 7980

460 BCE - 435 BCE Silver 8,361 kg

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:	Laureate head of Apollo right.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:	WeKHSS (Lycien).Triskelis and Lycian legend WeKHSS, around, dotted square, whole within deep incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Xanthus

Ancient regionAncient region.:

Lycia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Wekhssere I (dynast of Lycia, c. 440-430 BC)

Chronology

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

460 BCE

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

435 BCE

PeriodTime period of the numismatic object.: Classical 480-323 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

8.40

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

stater

StandardStandard.:

Image

AC267 Wekhssere I.jpeg [1]

References

Die study referencePublication of the study:	Vismara 19891Vismara 1989
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sear II2Sear II, n° 5216, RQEMAC3RQEMAC, n° 267

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	16	61.54	16	35.56	IV.3, V.1, V.2, V.3, VI.3, VII.1, VII.2, VII.3, VII.4, VIII.3, VIII.4, IX.1, IX.2, IX.4, XI.1, XIII.2
2	5	19.23	10	22.22	IV.1, IV.2, VI.1, VIII.1, VIII.2
3	3	11.54	9	20	IX.3, X.1, X.2
4	1	3.85	4	8.89	XIII.1
6	1	3.85	6	13.33	VI.2
Total	26 of 26	100.01	45 of 45	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obversesNumber of obverse dies. ᵖ (o)	26	Number of singletons (o1)The number of singleton coins. ᵖ	16
Number of reverse diesNumber of reverse dies. (r)	NC"NC" is not a number.	Number of coinsNumber of coins. (n)	45
Coins per obverse dieNumber of coins per obverse die. (n/o)	1.73	Coins per reverse dieNumber of coins per reverse die. (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratioRatio of obverse dies divided by reverse dies. (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1)number of coins (n) divided by the number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	61.54 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula)The estimation of the number of coins according to Carter 1983 ᵖ	49.77	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per dieCoins made if the average productivity for obverses (according to Carter) is 20,000. ᵖ	995,400
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)	61.58	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per dieSurvival rate if average productivity is 20,000. ᵖ	0.00005
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula)Esty 1984 - coverage (% of O) ᵖ (o = % of O)	64.44%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/2,000. ᵖ	1,808.32
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	8,361 kg <br /> 8,361 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000Average productivity if survival rate is 1/5,000. ᵖ	4,520.8

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