Cos, silver, hemidrachms (Heracles/club & bowcase) (201-200 BCE)
From SILVER
201 BCE - 200 BCE Silver 692 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. |
| Reverse: | KΩΙΟΝ or ΚΩΙΩΝ (Greek).Club and bow in case |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Cos | Ancient region: | Caria (islands) | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 201 BCE | to | 200 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.40 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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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.]]1Höghammar 2007, p. 80, pl. 16 (Issue A). | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 9 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.29 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.29 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 71.43 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 24.73 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 494,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 31.5 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 44.44% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 727.86 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 692 kg <br /> 692 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 1,819.65 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Höghammar, Kerstin (2007), "A Group of Koan Issues from c. 200 BC", Numismatic Chronicle 167, p. 81-82, pl. 16-17 (Issue D).
