Lycia (uncertain mint), silver, staters (forepart of boar/incuse square) (520-480 BCE)
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520 BCE - 480 BCE Silver 54,076 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Forepart of boar l., with dotted truncation |
| Reverse: | Incuse square, with indentations on three sides, divided by large X |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Lycia (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Lycia | 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 | 9.10 | Denomination: | stater
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Standard: |
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References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Vismara 1999, p. 154-170 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 67 | 73.63 | 67 | 55.83 | 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 54, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 72, 74, 75, 77, 81, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92 |
| 2 | 20 | 21.98 | 40 | 33.33 | 4, 13, 20, 31, 41, 46, 48, 52, 53, 55, 59, 60, 64, 70, 71, 73, 76, 78, 79, 80 |
| 3 | 3 | 3.3 | 9 | 7.5 | 56, 82, 85 |
| 4 | 1 | 1.1 | 4 | 3.33 | 5 |
| Total | 91 of 91 | 100.01 | 120 of 120 | 99.99 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 91 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 67 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 93 | Number of coins (n) | 120 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.32 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.29 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.02 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 73.63 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 297.12 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 5,942,400 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 376.55 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 44.17% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 807.75 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 54,076 kg <br /> 54,076 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 2,019.39 |
Remarks
Obv. 33 is missing
References
- ^ Vismara, Novella (1999), Ripostigli d'epoca pre-ellenistica (VI-IV sec. a.C.) con monete della Lycia arcaica : aspetti e problemi di distribuzione e di circolazione : catalogo dei ritrovamenti di LYCIA(?) 1972(?) e LYCIA(?) 1973(?), Materiali studi ricerche 6, Milan, Ennerre, 193 p., 9 pl..
