Nagidus, silver, double sigloi (Aphrodite/Dionysus) (420-333 BCE)

420 BCE - 333 BCE Silver 6,226 kg

Description

ΣΙ (Greek).Aphrodite, draped to the waist, seated to left, on a throne with a broad top rail that ends in a palmette at each side, holding a phiale in her right hand, with a bracelet around her right and left forearms, and resting her left hand in her lap, behind her to right, Eros standing facing, his head turned to left, clasping Aphrodites left arm with his right hand and holding a wreath in his lowered left, in the lower right field, behind Eros, ΣΙ (retrograde).

Reverse:

NAΓIΔEΩN (Greek).Dionysos, bearded and nude but for drapery over his shoulders, standing facing, his head to left, holding a kantharos in his right hand and a thyrsos with his left, above the kantharos to left, grape vine, in the lower right field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Nagidus

Ancient region:

Cilicia

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Persian Empire

Chronology

From

420 BCE

to

333 BCE

Period: Classical ^{480-323 BC}

Physical description

Metal:

Silver

Median weight in grams

10.10

Denomination:

double siglos

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.]]Lederer 1931, Groups n° 1-2 [1-12] and 4-12 [21-92]
Coin series reference:
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/nagidus lederer 1932 i https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/nagidus lederer 1932 ii https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pharnabazus satrap nagidus lederer 1932 iv https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pharnabazus satrap nagidus lederer 1932 v https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pharnabazus satrap nagidus lederer 1932 vi https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/nagidus lederer 1932 vii https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/nagidus lederer 1932 viii https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/nagidus lederer 1932 ix https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/nagidus lederer 1932 x

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ^ᵖ	Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
1	9	33.33	9	7.63	30, 43, 48, 49, 57, 58, 89, 91, 92
3	3	11.11	9	7.63	10-2, 29a, 86-8
4	3	11.11	12	10.17	31-2, 38-41, 44-6
5	1	3.7	5	4.24	34-7
6	1	3.7	6	5.08	1-4
8	2	7.41	16	13.56	5-9, 25-9
12	2	7.41	24	20.34	59-68, 69-76
13	1	3.7	13	11.02	77-85
2	3	11.11	6	5.08	33. 42, 47-90
9	2	7.41	18	15.25	21-4, 50-6
Total	27 of 27	99.99	118 of 118	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ^ᵖ (o)	27	Number of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	9
Number of reverse dies (r)	NC"NC" is not a number.	Number of coins (n)	118
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	4.37	Coins per reverse die (n/r)
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)		Percentage of singletons (o1) ^ᵖ	33.33 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ^ᵖ	30.82	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	616,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ^ᵖ (O)	35.01	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ^ᵖ	0.00019
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ^ᵖ (o = % of O)	92.37%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ^ᵖ	7,657.37
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ^ᵖ	6,226 kg <br /> 6,226 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ^ᵖ	19,143.41

Remarks

Most likely one single workstation Likely military