Iasus, silver, hemidrachms (Apollo/boy holding dolphin) (250-180 BCE)
From SILVER
250 BCE - 180 BCE Silver 513 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. |
| Reverse: | IAΣEΩΝ or IA (Greek).Boy holding on to dolphin swimming right, ΛEΩN below |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Iasus | Ancient region: | Caria | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 250 BCE | to | 180 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 2.30 | Denomination: | hemidrachm
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Standard: | Persian |
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. 56 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 4 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 8 | Number of coins (n) | 20 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.5 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 2.5 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 50 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 11.15 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 223,000 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 13.33 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00009 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 80% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,587.44 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 513 kg <br /> 513 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 8,968.61 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
References
- ^ Ashton, Richard (2007), "The pre-Imperial Coinage of Iasos", Numismatic Chronicle, 167, p. 47-78
