Cos, silver, drachms (Heracles/crab) (355 BCE)
From SILVER
355 BCE - 355 BCE Silver 327 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, bearded, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. |
| Reverse: | ΚΩΙ (Greek).Crab. Beneath, club. In the field, symbol. All within incuse square with square of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Cos | Ancient region: | Caria (islands) | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 355 BCE | to | 355 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 3.40 | Denomination: | drachma
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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. 218 (series II) | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 33.33 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 66.67 | 1 |
| Total | 2 of 2 | 100 | 3 of 3 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 2 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 3 | Number of coins (n) | 3 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.5 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 4.81 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 96,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 6 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 66.67% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,247.4 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 327 kg <br /> 327 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 3,118.5 |
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 The chronology and function of a city-state coinage in the Classical and Hellenistic period, c. 390 - c. 170 BC, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Oslo University.
