Lycia (uncertain mint) (Kheriga), silver, staters (Aphrodite?/owl) (450-430 BCE)
From SILVER
450 BCE - 430 BCE Silver 4,056 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Head of a goddess, perhaps Aphrodite, to left, wearing pearl necklace and spiral earring, her hair tied with bands and bound up at the back. |
| Reverse: | TETHTHIVEIBI (Lycian).Owl standing to left, head facing, TETHTHIVEIBI around. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Lycia (uncertain mint) | Ancient region: | Lycia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Kheriga (dynast of Lycia, c. 430-410 BC) |
Chronology
| From | 450 BCE | to | 430 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 8.20 | 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.]]1Mørkholm - Zahle 1976, n° 1-4, 22-3, 26-7 et 32. | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RQEMAC, n° 266a | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | NC"NC" is not a number. | Number of coins (n) | 9 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.29 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | % | |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 24.73 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 494,600 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 31.5 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00002 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | % | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 727.86 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 4,056 kg <br /> 4,056 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 1,819.65 |
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