Cydonia, silver, diobols (Apollo/linear square) (200-150 BCE)
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200 BCE - 150 BCE Silver 279 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo left or right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | Linear square in which lines forming "skew" pattern |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Cydonia | Ancient region: | Crete | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 200 BCE | to | 150 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.60 | Denomination: | diobol
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Standard: |
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.]]1Stefanakis 1997, p. 174-186, n° 234-295 (Period III, Group I) | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 11.11 | 1 | 0.5 | |
| 8 | 1 | 11.11 | 8 | 4 | |
| 16 | 1 | 11.11 | 16 | 8 | |
| 20 | 1 | 11.11 | 20 | 10 | |
| 28 | 2 | 22.22 | 56 | 28 | |
| 29 | 1 | 11.11 | 29 | 14.5 | |
| 32 | 1 | 11.11 | 32 | 16 | |
| 38 | 1 | 11.11 | 38 | 19 | |
| Total | 9 of 9 | 99.99 | 200 of 200 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 9 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 44 | Number of coins (n) | 200 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 22.22 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 4.55 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 4.89 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 11.11 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 8.73 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 174,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 9.42 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00115 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 99.5% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 45,819.01 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 279 kg <br /> 279 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 114,547.54 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Stefanakis, Manolis. I (1997), Studies in the coinages of Crete with particular reference to Kydonia [Unpublished doctoral dissertation], London University.
