Citium, silver, double sigloi (lion lying/smooth) (500-490 BCE)

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 31100

500 BCE - 490 BCE Silver 456 kg

Description

Obverse:	Lion lying l. with open jaws
Reverse:	smooth

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Citium

Ancient region:

Cyprus

Modern country: Greece

Authority:

Chronology

From

500 BCE

to

490 BCE

Period: Archaic until 480 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

10.80

Denomination:

double siglos

Standard:

Persian

References

Die study reference:	"[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Markou 2025, p. 45, n° 162-175
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/citium.bmc.1

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
5	1	50	5	35.71	1
9	1	50	9	64.29	2
Total	2 of 2	100	14 of 14	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	2	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0
Number of reverse dies (r)		Number of coins (n)	14
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	7	Coins per reverse die (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	2.11	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	42,200
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	2.33	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00033
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	100%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	13,270.14
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	456 kg <br /> 456 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	33,175.36

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation