Cos, silver, triple sigloi (discobolus/crab) (470-450 BCE)
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470 BCE - 450 BCE Silver 6,178 kg
Description
| Obverse: | KΩION (Greek).Nude athlete (diskobolos) standing right on his right leg, his left leg crossing behind it, the upper part of the body bent to the right, the head turned left, both arms raised over his head, throwing large diskos with his right hand, in the field left, tripod on ground line. |
| Reverse: | Crab in a dotted square, all within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Cos | Ancient region: | Caria (islands) | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 470 BCE | to | 450 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 16.50 | Denomination: | triple 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.]]1Barron 1968 | ||
| 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° 4983-4984, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 259, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Stefanaki 2012, p. 184-188, n° 54-133 (3.6) | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 16 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 7 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 16 | Number of coins (n) | 63 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.94 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.94 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 43.75 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 18.72 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 374,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 21.45 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00017 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 88.89% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,730.77 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 6,178 kg <br /> 6,178 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 16,826.92 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Barron, John Penrose (1968), "The Fifth-Century Diskoboloi of Kos", in Colin M. Kraay and Gilbert Kenneth Jenkins (éd.), Essays in Greek Coinage Presented to Stanley Robinson, Oxford, p. 75-89, pl. 8-10.
- ^ Sear, David R. (1979), Greek coins and their values. Vol. II, Asia and North Africa, London, xlviii, p. 317-762
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
- ^ Stefanaki, Vassiliki E. (2012), Nomismata. Nomismatike Aigaiou : Kos I, Athens, 531 p.
