Cos, silver, tetradrachms (Heracles/veiled female head) (365-55 BCE) Ingvaldsen
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365 BCE - 355 BCE Silver 2,499 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Heracles right, bearded, wearing Nemean lion skin headdress. |
| Reverse: | Female head left, wearing veil. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Cos | Ancient region: | Caria (islands) | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 365 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 | 15.20 | Denomination: | tetradrachm
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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. 219-222 (series III) | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 4988, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 6, n° 1303-1304, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Stefanaki 2012, p. 205-209, n° 460-536 (6.12) | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 15 | Number of coins (n) | 70 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 8.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 4.67 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.88 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 8.22 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 164,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 9.03 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00043 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 94.29% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 17,031.63 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 2,499 kg <br /> 2,499 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 42,579.08 |
Remarks
Most likely two workstations
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.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.
- ^ Stefanaki, Vassiliki E. (2012), Nomismata. Nomismatike Aigaiou : Kos I, Athens, 531 p.
