Caunus, silver, trihemiobols (Iris/griffin) (490-470 BCE)
From SILVER
490 BCE - 470 BCE Silver 356 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Iris with curved wings, arms outstretched and head left, in kneeling-running position right. |
| Reverse: | Griffin standing right in pelleted square border, all within incuse square. |
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 | 1.30 | Denomination: | trihemiobol
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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° 46-56 | ||
| 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° 234 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 11 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 9 | Number of coins (n) | 35 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.18 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.89 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.82 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 36.36 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 13.68 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 273,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 16.04 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00013 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 88.57% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 5,116.96 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 356 kg <br /> 356 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 12,792.4 |
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.
