Caunus, silver, hemidrachms (Iris/griffin) (490-470 BCE)
From SILVER
490 BCE - 470 BCE Silver 1,035 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Winged Iris, with outstretched hand, kneeling-running right, head turned back, two scrolls curling up from the top of her head. |
| Reverse: | Griffin standing left, right forepaw raised, within incuse square with dotted border. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Caunus | Ancient region: | Caria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 490 BCE | to | 470 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC  , Classical 480-323 BC
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 2.45 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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Standard: |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Konuk 1998, n° 21-45. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMAC, n° 233 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 11 | 61.11 | 11 | 15.71 | 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18 |
| 2 | 1 | 5.56 | 2 | 2.86 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 5.56 | 3 | 4.29 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 5.56 | 4 | 5.71 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 5.56 | 5 | 7.14 | 14 |
| 6 | 1 | 5.56 | 6 | 8.57 | 17 |
| 13 | 1 | 5.56 | 13 | 18.57 | 1 |
| 26 | 1 | 5.56 | 26 | 37.14 | 10 |
| Total | 18 of 18 | 100.03 | 70 of 70 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 18 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 11 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 23 | Number of coins (n) | 70 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.89 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.04 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.28 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 61.11 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 21.12 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 422,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 24.23 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00017 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 84.29% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,628.79 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,035 kg <br /> 1,035 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 16,571.97 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Konuk, Koray (1998), "The Early Coinage of Kaunos", in Richard Ashton and Silvia Hurter (eds.), Studies in Greek Numismatics in Memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 5-
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
