Phaestus, silver, drachms (male head/facing bull) (350-300 BCE)
From SILVER
350 BCE - 300 BCE Silver 848 kg
Description
| Obverse: | Youthful male head (of Herakles?) to right. |
| Reverse: | Facing bull's head. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Phaestus | Ancient region: | Crete | Modern country: Crete | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 350 BCE | to | 300 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC  , Hellenistic 323-30 BC
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 5.80 | Denomination: | drachm | Standard: |
Image
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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.]]1Carbone 2022, p. 72 (Group E), 89-90 (Group J), 98-99 (Group M), 102-103 (Groups O-P) | ||
| Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sear I, n° 3205 | ||
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Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 7 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 2 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 7 | Number of coins (n) | 53 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 7.57 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 7.57 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 1 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 28.57 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 7.31 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 146,200 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 8.07 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00036 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 96.23% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 14,500.68 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 848 kg <br /> 848 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 36,251.71 |
Remarks
Most likely one single workstation
