Dicaea, silver, trihemiobols (standing cock/head of Heracles) (490-475 BCE)
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490 BCE - 475 BCE Silver 64 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Cock standing right. |
| Reverse: | Head of Herakles right within incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Dicaea | Ancient region: | Thrace | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 490 BCE | to | 475 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 0.90 | Denomination: | trihemiobol
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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.]]1Schönert-Geiss 1975, n° 52-57 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.2, n° 1453, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 130 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 1 | 33.33 | 1 | 9.09 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 33.33 | 3 | 27.27 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | 33.33 | 7 | 63.64 | 1 |
| Total | 3 of 3 | 99.99 | 11 of 11 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 3 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 1 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 6 | Number of coins (n) | 11 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 3.67 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.83 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 2 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 33.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 3.58 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 71,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 4.13 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00015 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 90.91% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,145.25 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 64 kg <br /> 64 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 15,363.13 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Schönert-Geiss, Edith (1975), Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria, Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike 13, Berlin, 62 p., 8 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2003), Recueil quantitatif des émissions monétaires archaïques et classiques, Numismatique Romaine, Wetteren, VII + 267 p.
