Iasus, silver, drachms (Apollo/boy holding a dolphin) (200-140 BCE)
From SILVER
200 BCE - 140 BCE Silver 1,207 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. |
| Reverse: | IA (Greek).Male charakter holding a dolphin swimming right. In the field, magistrate name. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Iasus | Ancient region: | Caria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 200 BCE | to | 140 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 4.00 | Denomination: | drachma
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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.]]1Ashton 2007, p. 47-78 (catalogue p. 68). | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 6 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 13 | Number of coins (n) | 14 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.75 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.08 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.63 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 75 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 15.09 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 301,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 18.67 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00005 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 57.14% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,855.53 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 1,207 kg <br /> 1,207 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 4,638.83 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Ashton, Richard (2007), "The pre-Imperial Coinage of Iasos", Numismatic Chronicle, 167, p. 47-78
