Halicarnassus (Idrieus), silver, didrachms (Apollo/Zeus Labraundos) (351-343 BCE)
From SILVER
351 BCE - 343 BCE Silver 1,647 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Facing, laureate head of Apollo, slightly turned to right, wearing chlamys around neck, fixed with a disc-shaped fibula. |
| Reverse: | IΔPIEΩΣ (Greek).IDRIEWS Zeus Labraundos, wearing long chiton and himation, standing right, holding long, lotus-tipped sceptre in his left hand, with his right hand bipennis (double axe) over his right shoulder, between bottom of chiton and sceptre, inscription. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Halicarnassus | Ancient region: | Caria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Hecatomnid dynasty, Persian Empire, Idrieus of Caria |
Chronology
| From | 351 BCE | to | 343 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
|
Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
|
Median weight in grams | 6.80 | Denomination: | didrachm
|
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.]]1Konuk 1998b, n° 98-114 (D1-D9 et R1-R17). | ||
| 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° 4959, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RQEMAC, n° 250 | ||
| Coin series web reference: | |||
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 9 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 3 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 17 | Number of coins (n) | 24 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.67 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.41 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.89 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 33.33 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 12.11 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 242,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 14.4 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00010 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 87.5% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,963.67 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,647 kg <br /> 1,647 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 9,909.17 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation Likely military
References
- ^ Konuk, Koray (1998), The Coinage of the Hekatomnids of Caria [Unpublished doctoral dissertation], Oxford.
- ^ 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.
