Aradus, bronze, ca 3.40g (Zeus/spur) (206-51 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8974

206 BCE - 51 BCE Bronze

Description

Obverse:	Laureate head of Zeus right
Reverse:	Prow left, Phoenician letters above, date below

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Aradus

Ancient region:

Phoenicia

Modern country: Syria

Authority:

Chronology

From

206 BCE

to

51 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Bronze

Median weight in grams

3.40

Denomination:

Standard:

Image

]]S 56 - Aradus, bronze, NC, 206-51 BC.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.]]1Duyrat 2005, p. 56-64, no. 1769-2219 (series 5).
Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 10, n° 88
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aradus.duyrat.2005.1769-2220

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	184	69.17	184	46.35	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 131, 133, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 189, 190, 191, 192, 194, 195, 196, 203, 204, 206, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 215, 216, 218, 221, 222, 224, 227, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 251, 252, 253, 255, 256, 258, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266
2	52	19.55	104	26.2	7, 18, 29, 33, 36, 47, 49, 53, 61, 64, 65, 66, 74, 86, 101, 104, 111, 115, 120, 121, 130, 134, 136, 141, 149, 155, 156, 158, 163, 167, 171, 197, 198, 200, 202, 205, 207, 214, 219, 220, 223, 225, 226, 228, 229, 235, 242, 248, 249, 250, 254, 257
3	19	7.14	57	14.36	8, 11, 39, 42, 62, 84, 109, 112, 116, 129, 147, 170, 183, 184, 186, 187, 199, 217, 259
4	6	2.26	24	6.05	23, 75, 132, 185, 193, 201
5	3	1.13	15	3.78	148, 169, 188
6	1	0.38	6	1.51	122
7	1	0.38	7	1.76	168
Total	266 of 266	100.01	397 of 397	100.01

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	266	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	184
Number of reverse dies (r)	362	Number of coins (n)	397
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	1.49	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	1.1
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1.36	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	69.17 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	645.66	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	12,913,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	806.12	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00003
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	53.65%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	1,229.75
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	3,074.37

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