S 1044 - Ephesus, silver, octobol?
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500 BCE - 400 BCE Silver 391 kg
Description
| Obverse: | ΕΦ (Greek).Bee. Border of dots. |
| Reverse: | Quadripartite incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Ephesus | Ancient region: | Ionia | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: |
Chronology
| From | 500 BCE | to | 400 BCE | Period: Classical 480-323 BC 
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Physical description
| Metal: | Silver
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Median weight in grams | 1.70 | Denomination: | octobol
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Standard: |
References
| Die study reference: | "[[Die study reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Karwiese 2019, series 7.2.a. | ||
| Coin series reference: | |||
Obverse dies distribution
| Frequency ᵖ | Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | % (o) | Number of coins (n) | % (n) | Die name |
| 1 | 5 | 62.5 | 5 | 26.32 | |
| 4 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 42.11 | |
| 6 | 1 | 12.5 | 6 | 31.58 | |
| Total | 8 of 8 | 100 | 19 of 19 | 100.01 |
Reverse dies distribution
no distribution is available
Quantification
| Number of obverses ᵖ (o) | 8 | Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 5 |
| Number of reverse dies (r) | 6 | Number of coins (n) | 19 |
| Coins per obverse die (n/o) | 2.38 | Coins per reverse die (n/r) | 3.17 |
| Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o) | 0.75 | Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ | 62.5 % |
| Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ | 11.49 | Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 229,800 |
| Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O) | 13.82 | Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ | 0.00008 |
| Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O) | 73.68% | Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ | 3,307.22 |
| Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ | 391 kg <br /> 391 kg | Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ | 8,268.06 |
Remarks
References
- ^ Karwiese, Stefan (2019), Die Münzprägung von Ephesos. 2, Prägeserien 7 bis 11 (5.-4. Jh. v. Chr.) : Corpus und Aufbau der griechischen Stadtprägung mit allen erfassbaren Stempelnachweisen sowie numismatischen Analysen und Chronologien Die Münzprägung von Ephesos. 2, Prägeserien 7 bis 11 (5.-4. Jh. v. Chr.) : Corpus und Aufbau der griechischen Stadtprägung mit allen erfassbaren Stempelnachweisen sowie numismatischen Analysen und Chronologien , Veröffentlichungen des Institutes für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte 20, Wien : Österreichische Forschungsgesellschaft für Numismatik, 328 p.
