Cos, silver, didrachms (Heracles 3/4 face/crab & club) (285-258 BCE)
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285 BCE - 258 BCE Silver 1,309 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles three quarter right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. |
| Reverse: | ΚΩΙΟΝ (Greek).Crab. Beneath, club. In the field, magistrate name. All within incuse square with square of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Cos | Ancient region: | Caria (islands) | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 285 BCE | to | 258 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 6.60 | Denomination: | didrachm
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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.]]1Ingvaldsen 2002, p. 287-288 (series XV) | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 17 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.43 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.43 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 57.14 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 9.92 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 198,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 11.9 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00009 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 76.47% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,427.42 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,309 kg <br /> 1,309 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 8,568.55 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Ingvaldsen, Håkon (2002), Cos. Coinage and Society. The chronology and function of a city-state coinage in the Classical and Hellenistic period, c. 390 - c. 170 BC, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Oslo University.
