Agrigentum, bronze, hexantes (eagle on fish/crab & fish) (415-406 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 10406

415 BCE - 406 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	AK - PA across field (Greek).Eagle with spread wings standing r. on fish
Reverse:	Crab, two pellets and fish below

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Agrigentum

Ancient region:

Sicily

Modern country: Italy

Authority:

Chronology

From

415 BCE

to

406 BCE

Period: Classical 480-323 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

7.10

Denomination:

hexas

Standard:

Image

]]S 1508 - Agrigentum, bronze, hexantes (415-406 BCE).jpg [1]

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Westermark 2018, p. 266-282, n° 918-989
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	4	8.51	4	1.26	H2, F3, F24, F26
2	6	12.77	12	3.79	B4, F7, F9, F20, F21, F22
3	7	14.89	21	6.62	H3, P2, F5, F6, F14, F27, F30
4	5	10.64	20	6.31	H5, F8, F19, F25, F29
5	2	4.26	10	3.15	B6, F18
6	4	8.51	24	7.57	H4, P4, F4, F17
7	2	4.26	14	4.42	F11, F12
8	3	6.38	24	7.57	B7, F2, F10
9	4	8.51	36	11.36	B3, F1, F13, F23
10	1	2.13	10	3.15	F28
11	3	6.38	33	10.41	H1, B2, P1
13	1	2.13	13	4.1	F15
15	1	2.13	15	4.73	B5
16	1	2.13	16	5.05	F16
18	1	2.13	18	5.68	B1
20	1	2.13	20	6.31	P3
27	1	2.13	27	8.52	S1
Total	47 of 47	100.02	317 of 317	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	47	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	4
Number of reverse dies (r)	59	Number of coins (n)	317
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	6.74	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	5.37
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.26	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	8.51 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	49.79	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	995,800
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	55.18	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00032
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	98.74%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	12,733.48
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	n.a.	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	31,833.7

Remarks

The letters refer to the types of the reverse dies: H for Hare, B for Bird, P for Pig, F for Fisch, and S for Snake