Cnidus, silver, double sigloi ΣYN (Heracliscus/Aphrodite) (405 BCE) Delrieux
From SILVER
405 BCE - 405 BCE Silver 1,024 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Σ-Y-N (Greek).The infant Herakles, naked, kneeling to right on ground line, strangling a serpent in each hand |
| Reverse: | KNI-Δ-IΩ-N (Greek).Head of Aphrodite facing to right, her hair rolled, a prow before, all within an incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Cnidus | Ancient region: | Caria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Persian Empire, Symmachic coinage (405 BCE) |
Chronology
| From | 405 BCE | to | 405 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 10.80 | Denomination: | double siglos
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Standard: | Persian |
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.]]1Delrieux 2000, p. 202-203, "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Ashton - Kinns - Konuk - Meadows 2002, p. 119 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Sear II, n° 4838 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 13.33 | 1, 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 33.33 | 3 |
| 8 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 53.33 | 4 |
| Total | 4 of 4 | 100 | 15 of 15 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 4 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 5 | Number of coins (n) | 15 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.25 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 4.74 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 94,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 5.45 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00016 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 86.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,329.11 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,024 kg <br /> 1,024 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 15,822.78 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Certainly military They were 18 coins struck with 1 obverse and 2 reverses in the Hecatomnus hoard
References
- ^ Delrieux, Fabrice (2000), "Les ententes monétaires au type et à la légende ΣYN au début du IVe siècle", in Olivier Casabonne (ed.), Mécanismes et innovations monétaires dans l’Anatolie achéménide. Numismatique et histoire. Actes de la Table Ronde Internationale d’Istanbul, 22-23 mai 1997, Paris, p. 185-211, pl. 31-34.
- ^ Ashton, Richard - Kinns, Philip - Konuk, Koray - Meadows, Andrew (2002), "The Hecatomnus Hoard (CH 5.17, 8.96, 9.387)", Coin Hoards, IX, London, p. 95-158
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
