S 1325 - Salamis, gold, 1/12 stater

Die Studies Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 8504

312 BCE - 306 BCE Gold 227 kg

Description

Obverse:	M (Greek).Bust of Aphrodite to left, wearing a mural crown, necklace and earring.
Reverse:	pa (Cypriot syllabary) Bust of a male charakter to left, wearing a diadem and a taenia, earring and torque.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Salamis

Ancient region:

Cyprus

Modern country: Turkey

Authority:

Menelaos of Cyprus (king of Cyprus, 312-306 BC)

Chronology

From

312 BCE

to

306 BCE

Period: Hellenistic 323-30 BC

Physical description

Metal:

Gold

Median weight in grams

0.70

Denomination:

1/12 stater

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.]]1Markou 2011, p. 129, no. 448-449.
Coin series reference:

Obverse dies distribution

Frequency ᵖ	Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	% (o)	Number of coins (n)	% (n)	Die name
2	1	100	2	100	D1
Total	1 of 1	100	2 of 2	100

Reverse dies distribution

no distribution is available

Quantification

Number of obverses ᵖ (o)	1	Number of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0
Number of reverse dies (r)	1	Number of coins (n)	2
Coins per obverse die (n/o)	2	Coins per reverse die (n/r)	2
Reverse per obverse ratio (r/o)	1	Percentage of singletons (o1) ᵖ	0 %
Original number of dies (O) (Carter 1983 formula) ᵖ	1.62	Coins struck if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	32,400
Original number of dies (O) (Esty 2011 formula) ᵖ (O)	2	Survival rate if 20,000 as average productivity per die ᵖ	0.00006
Coverage (o = % of O) (Esty 1984 formula) ᵖ (o = % of O)	100%	Die productivity if survival rate 1/2,000 ᵖ	2,469.14
Weight of silver (in kg) if 20,000 coins per die (O = Carter formula) ᵖ	227 kg <br /> 227 kg	Die productivity if survival rate 1/5,000 ᵖ	6,172.84

Remarks