Perge, bronze, 3.9g (Sphinx/Artemis) (260-100 BCE)
From SILVER
260 BCE - 100 BCE Bronze
Description
| Obverse: | Sphinx seated right, wearing kalathos |
| Reverse: | ИANAΨAΣ / ΠPEIIAΣ (Greek).Artemis standing left, holding wreath and sceptre |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Perge | Ancient region: | Pamphylia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 260 BCE | to | 100 BCE | Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Bronze
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Median weight in grams | 3.90 | Denomination: | 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.]]1Colin 1996, p. 50-56 | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear II, n° 5417 | ||
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Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 94 | 71.21 | 94 | 50.81 | 1/2, 3/2, 3/3, 3/4, 3/5, 3/6, 3/7, 3/8, 3/9, 3/10, 3/11, 4/1, 4/4, 4/5, 4/6, 5/2, 5/3, 5/5, 5/6, 5/7, 5/8, 5/9, 5/10, 5/11, 6/1, 6/2, 6/3, 6/4, 6/5, 6/6, 6/7, 6/8, 6/9, 6/10, 7/1, 7/4, 7/5, 7/6, 8/1, 8/2, 8/3, 8/4, 8/5, 8/7, 9/2, 9/3, 9/4, 9/5, 9/6, 9/7, 10/1, 10/2, 10/3, 10/4, 10/6, 10/7, 10/8, 10/11, 10/12, 10/13, 10/16, 11/2, 11/4, 11/5, 11/6, 11/7, 11/8, 11/9, 11/13, 11/14, 11/15, 11/16, 11/17, 11/18, 12/5, 12/6, 13/1, 13/4, 13/7, 14/1, 14/3, 14/4, 15/1, 16/3, 17/2, 17/3, 17/4, 19/1, 19/2, 19/3, 20/1, 20/2, 20/3 |
| 2 | 28 | 21.21 | 56 | 30.27 | 3/12, 4/2, 4/3, 5/4, 7/2, 7/3, 10/5, 10/9, 10/10, 10/14, 11/1, 11/3, 11/10, 11/11, 11/12, 12/1, 12/2, 12/4, 13/2, 13/3, 13/5, 13/6, 14/2, 16/1, 17/2, 17/5, 18/1, 21/1 |
| 3 | 5 | 3.79 | 15 | 8.11 | 9/1, 10/5, 12/3, 17/1, 21/2 |
| 4 | 5 | 3.79 | 20 | 10.81 | 1/1, 3/1, 5/1, 8/6, 16/2 |
| Total | 132 of 132 | 100 | 185 of 185 | 100 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 132 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 94 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 157 | Number of coins (n) | 185 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 1.4 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 1.18 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1.19 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 71.21 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 366.74 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 7,334,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 460.75 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00003 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 49.19% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 1,008.89 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | n.a. | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 2,522.22 |
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