Aradus (Seleucus II), bronze, c. 3.8g (Heracles/prow) (226-224 BCE)
From SILVER
226 BCE - 224 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | Prow left with Athena figurehead, above, horizontal anchor left. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Aradus | Ancient region: | Phoenicia | Modern country: Syria | Authority: | Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Seleucus II Callinicus (Seleucid king, 246-225 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 226 BCE | to | 224 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 3.20 | Denomination: | Standard: |
Image
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. 36-37, n° 1095-1111. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SC I, n° C72 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 9 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 6 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 13 | Number of coins (n) | 16 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.78 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.23 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.44 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 66.67 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 16.65 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 333,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 20.57 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 62.5% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,921.92 |
| 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 | 4,804.8 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
