Cydonia, silver, trihemiobols (Pan/dog seating) (200-150 BCE)
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200 BCE - 150 BCE Silver 142 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Pan left. |
| Reverse: | KY (Greek).Dog seating left. |
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 | 1.45 | Denomination: | trihemiobol
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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.]]1Stefanakis 1997, p. 169-173, n° 213-229 (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 | 20 | 1 | 1.1 | |
| 4 | 2 | 40 | 8 | 8.79 | |
| 36 | 1 | 20 | 36 | 39.56 | |
| 46 | 1 | 20 | 46 | 50.55 | |
| Total | 5 of 5 | 100 | 91 of 91 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 5 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 6 | Number of coins (n) | 91 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 18.2 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 15.17 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 20 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 4.89 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 97,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 5.29 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00093 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 98.9% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 37,218.81 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 142 kg <br /> 142 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 93,047.03 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Stefanakis, Manolis. I (1997), Studies in the coinages of Crete with particular reference to Kydonia [Unpublished doctoral dissertation], London University.
