Iasus, silver, drachms (rider on dolphin/incuse square) (520-480 BCE)
From SILVER
520 BCE - 480 BCE Silver 277 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Nude male figure with a headdress of some sort and an uncertain object in his right hand astride a dolphin swimming left |
| Reverse: | 'Union Jack' or a quadripartite square incuse |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Iasus | Ancient region: | Caria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 520 BCE | to | 480 BCE | Period: Archaic until 480 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 5.95 | 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. | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 4 | 2 | 100 | 8 | 100 | 1, 2 |
| Total | 2 of 2 | 100 | 8 of 8 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 2 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 3 | Number of coins (n) | 8 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.67 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.5 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 2.33 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 46,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 2.67 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00017 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 6,866.95 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 277 kg <br /> 277 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 17,167.38 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Ashton, Richard (2007), "The pre-Imperial Coinage of Iasos", Numismatic Chronicle, 167, p. 47-78
